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Flotation
Subpart G – Flotation Requirements
for Outboard Boats Rated for Engines of More Than 2 Horsepower
FEDERAL LAW
183.205 - Passenger carrying area
(a) For the purpose of this section a
boat is level when it is supported on its keel at the
two points shown in Figure 2.
(b) As used in this subpart, the term
“passenger carrying area” means each area
in a boat in which persons can sit in a normal sitting
position or stand while the boat is in operation. Passenger
carrying areas are illustrated in Figures 3 through
8.
(c) The length of the passenger carrying
area is the distance along the centerline of the boat
between two vertical lines, one at the forward end and
one at the aft end of the passenger carrying area when
the boat is level as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
For boats with a curved stem inside the passenger carrying
area, the forward vertical line is where a line 45 degrees
to the horizontal when the boat is level is tangent
to the curve of the stem, as illustrated in Figure 5.
For boats with cabins, the forward vertical line is
where there is a minimum distance of two feet between
the inside top of the cabin and the water line formed
when the boat is swamped and loaded with weights under
Sec. 183.220 as illustrated in Figure 6.
(d) The breadth of each passenger carrying
area is the distance between two vertical lines at the
mid-length, excluding consoles, of the passenger carrying
area when the boat is level as illustrated in Figures
7 and 8. For boats with round chines inside the passenger
carrying area, the vertical line is where a transverse
line 45 degrees to the horizontal is tangent to the
arc of the chine, as illustrated in Figure 8. |
NOTE: See Appendix
B for 33 CFR Subpart H, figures 2 – 13.
FEDERAL LAW
183.210 - Reference areas
(a) The forward reference area of a boat
is the forward most 2 feet of the top surface of the
hull or deck, as illustrated in Figure 9.
(b) The aft reference area of a boat is
the aft most two feet of the top surface of the hull
or deck, as illustrated in Figure 9. |
NOTE: See Appendix
B for 33 CFR Subpart H, figures 2 –13.
FEDERAL LAW
183.215 - Reference depth
Reference depth is the minimum distance
between the uppermost surface of the submerged reference
area of a boat and the surface of the water measured
at the centerline of the boat, as illustrated in Figure
10. If there is no deck surface at the centerline of
the boat from which a measurement can be made, the reference
depth is the average of two depth measurements made
on opposite sides of, and at an equal distance from,
the centerline of the boat. |
NOTE: See Appendix
B for 33 CFR Subpart H, figures 2 – 13.
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