Okay, thanks for the replies. I'm guessing from Ixneigh's HIN that mine is 1091. Now on to my next question: any way to tell from the HIN the year this boat was made? Don't have any title or paperwork on the boat.

Still trying to figure out the HIN. As stated before, if you look at it from the direction of the arrow in the picture above (from the port side), it looks like 1P01. If you look at it from the starboard side, it looks like 1091. The latter looks more like a HIN, but it doesn't really make sense tha...

Um, actually, I meant manufacturer and series number, not year built.

I just picked up a Venture 222 and see the HIN on the stringer. However, it's a bit vague as to what I'm looking at. Looks like it might be something like 1P01. Does that make any sense with what others on this post have found? I thought the HIN usually indicated manufacturer and year built as a min...