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Flotation
Summary of Level Flotation Performance
Requirements & Tests
Test Three: Level Flotation Test (without
certain weights)
FEDERAL LAW
183.235 - Level flotation test without
weights for persons capacity
When the conditions prescribed in Sec.
183.220 (a) and (d) through
(h) are met, the boat must float in fresh, calm water
as follows:
(a) The angle of heel does not exceed
10 degrees from the horizontal.
(b) Any point on either the forward or
aft reference area is above the surface of the water.
(c) The reference depth at the reference
area that is opposite the reference area that is above
the surface of the water is 6 inches or less. |
The flotation attitude requirements for this
test are the same as for Test One, but the loading excludes
weights for persons capacity as specified in 183.230
(c) (2) (ii) and (c) (2) (iii).
NOTE:
The purpose of this test is to check that the boat, without
weights for passengers, will not capsize. The weights may
actually help the boat stay level because of a lower center
of gravity while, if removed, the boat could overturn if the
flotation material buoys up the center of the boat.
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