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Success! WYK171691179 is of the standard HIN type called Straight-Year HIN. If you are buying this boat/craft then you should get the Boat-Alert History for 29.99$ from this certified boat history report provider.

WYK = Inflatable Boat Center (Out of Business)
17169 = Boat Serial Number
11 = Month of Manufacture November
79 = Production Year 1979

HIN Decoder Details for WYK171691179:

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The HIN or CIN you have entered meets the Straight-Year 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 17169 and is set by the boat builder. This boat or vessel has a Certification Date of (1979) and a Model Year of 1979 with month of build (November) based on the formatting of your hull_identification_number (HIN) .

The manufacturer identification code (MIC) of your craft identification number (CIN or HIN) is WYK. This MIC (WYK) stands for the company name Inflatable Boat Center which is currently Out of Business. This boat manufacturer has other company names (WYK sometimes goes by these name(s) Wiking Inflatables, , , or ). This could happen if the US Coast Guard reissued the MIC to a new company after one went out of business.

This company (Inflatable Boat Center) is owned by Peters, H J and is located at 1618-a Euclid in Santa Monica state of Ca. It manufactured this vessel and placed your HIN or CIN on the hull. This Boat maker is not owned by a parent company. Inflatable Boat Center has started making boats, yachts or other watercraft as of 3/12/1973 and went out of business on (1/5/1988) in the following country: USA.

The Model Name is uncertain for this Inflatable Boat Center (WYK171691179). But we have approximations: Metzeler.

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The US Coast guard provides this comment about this watercraft manufacturer: Address Change010588 Oob.

UsedHIN	WYK171691179
IsValid	Yes
IsValidMIC	Yes
HINType	StraightYear
SerialNo	17169
Year	1979
IsStateIssued	No
Company	Inflatable Boat Center
CompanyStatus	Out of Business
CompanyAddress	Santa Monica Ca 1618-a Euclid
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Boat History for HIN WYK171691179:

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We did a search and no U.S. Official Documentation Number for WYK171691179 was found at the USCG.
We searched the Official Transport Canada database and WYK171691179 did not have a match.

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There are 0 boat Recalls for your Inflatable Boat Center vessel:

Inflatable Boat Center Boat Recalls for your HIN and MIC: 0.