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On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:38:26 -0400, you wrote:
>Grandma,
>
>The markings on the bow are for vessels carrying passengers for hire, in
>this case fewer than 7 passengers on an uninspected vessel. Normal pleasure
>vessels are only required to have stern markings.
That's not correct. Normal pleasure vessels can have the name and
hailing port on any clearly visible part of the hull. They are not
required to have the name on the stern.
> Many pleasure vessels
>display the name in the vicinity of the flybridge as well as the stern and
>this is useful.
OK - assuming that there is a flybridge. But the names that I've seen
on the flybridge were mostly decorative and don't meet the 4" tall
requirements.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rosalie B." <>
>|
>| For the federal documentation (the equivalent of the Canadian
>| registration), the regulations say that:
>|
>| Pleasure vessels will have the name and hailing port of the vessel
>| marked together in durable markings in clearly legible letters not
>| less than four (4) inches in height on some clearly visible exterior
>| part of the hull.
>|
>| So that gives you pretty much the leeway to do what you want.
>|
>| For U.S. Documented Vessels Operating as Un-inspected Passenger
>| Vessels (Six Pack):
>| "If your vessel is documented, the name of the boat must be affixed to
>| the forward part of the hull (in the bow area) in 4-inch letters. In
>| addition, your vessel's name and hailing port or homeport must be
>| affixed on the stern in 4-inch letters."
>|
>|
>http://www.uscg.mil/d7/units/mso-miami/Standards%20Enforcement/spvdiv/documented.htm
grandma Rosalie
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