'82(?) Sea Nymph 14R 2nd HIN location??

[alteredpilot]

I have what I believe is an '82 Sea Nymph 14R Big Water. It was a Uhaul rental boat and has the capacity tag, but the HIN on the transom has been chiseled off. I bought it titled and registered. The guy said the DMV assigned it a HIN but I don't know what he knows about what he's talking about. The assigned HIN looks like someone made it up on the spot. So the question is, might there be a second HIN location that a savvy inspector might have known where to find? Is anyone aware of a site where I might find what a Sea Nymph HIN sequence might look like for that vintage? Either way I'm going to stamp myself a new tag with the assigned number on it. thx.

 

[LDUBS]

Sorry, don't know about a second location for the HIN. As far as sequence, when HIN's were mandated in '72, they were standardized to 12 alpha/numeric digits. Don't know why Sea Nymph wouldn't follow that.

I saw the following at the BoatU.S. site:

HINs By The Numbers​

A typical hull identification number (HIN) consists of 12 letters and numbers, as in ABC12345D404.

Here's what the letters and numbers mean:

ABC: This is the U.S. Coast Guard-assigned manufacturer identification code (MIC). Go to the USCG Manufacturers Indentification page to access the Coast Guard's MIC database.

12345: This is the serial number assigned to the hull by the manufacturer. This may be a combination of letters and numbers. The letters "I," "O," and "Q" are excluded because they could be mistaken for numbers.

D: This is the month of certification, indicating the month in which construction began. "A" represents January and "L" represents December. In our example, "D" means April.

4: This is the year of certification. The number is the last digit of the year in which the boat was built. "4" in this case designates 2004.

04: This indicates the boat's model year.