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Success! SUN18516F516 is of the standard HIN type called Current-Format HIN. If you are buying this boat/craft then you should get the Boat-Alert History for 19.99$ from this certified boat history report provider.

SUN = Smoker-craft (In Business)
18516 = Boat Serial Number
F5 = Manufactured June 2015
16 = Model year 2016

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The HIN or CIN you have entered meets the Current-Format HIN format. It might also be a type that contains the country code and thus the boat comes from USA or Other . The serial number of the HIN is 18516 and is set by the boat builder. This boat or vessel has a Certification Date of (2015) and a Model Year of 2016 with month of build (June) based on the formatting of your hull_identification_number (HIN) .

The manufacturer identification code (MIC) of your craft identification number (CIN or HIN) is SUN. This MIC (SUN) stands for the company name Smoker-craft which is currently In Business. This boat manufacturer has other company names (SUN sometimes goes by these name(s) Sun Chaser Marine Inc, Sunsport Plastics Inc, , or ). This could happen if the US Coast Guard reissued the MIC to a new company after one went out of business.

This company (Smoker-craft) is owned by David Frey and is located at Po Box 65 in New Paris state of In. It manufactured this vessel and placed your HIN or CIN on the hull. The Parent Company for this boat maker is SMOKER CRAFT (SMK) Smoker-craft has started making boats, yachts or other watercraft as of 6/29/1988.

The Model Name is SUNCHASER for this Smoker-craft (SUN18516F516).
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The US Coast guard provides this comment about this watercraft manufacturer: Was Sunsport Plastics Inc, Oob 052779,then Sun Chaser,sold To Smoker Craft; Mic Assigned To Smoker For Sunchaser Line. See Also (ncr). Old Poc Was Douglass Smoker.oob Per Ppg 12/12/2005. 11/15/11 (rdh) Poc David Frey Requested Status Of Sun Be Changed From Out Of Business To In Business..

UsedHINSUN18516F516
IsValidYes
IsValidMICYes
HINTypeCurrent
SerialNo18516
ModelNameSUNCHASER
Year2016
IsStateIssuedNo
CompanySmoker-craft
CompanyStatusIn Business
CompanyAddressNew Paris In Po Box 65
WebsiteWww.smokercraftinc.com

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We did a search and no U.S. Official Documentation Number for SUN18516F516 was found at the USCG.
We searched the Official Transport Canada database and SUN18516F516 did not have a match.

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