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Before the game warden shows up, you should already have contacted Chuck Bennett at Boston Whaler and have a confirmation of what model your boat is and when it was built. Show this to the game warden when he arrives and explain that your boat is a 1970 model and is 16'-7" in length.

It is very common to see bad information on boat registrations. I find it very hard to believe they have never "encountered" this before.

All HINs, be they original manufacturer's HINs or state assigned "Home Built" HINs still have to comport to the federal format of twelve characters starting with the three letter Manufacturer's Identification Code (MIC), five digits for the serial portion and four more digits/letters identifying the month and year of build/model year. The HIN you report on the title does none of this. It is obviously in error.