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CLASSIFICATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
Motorboats subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be divided into four (4) classes as follows:
CLASS OF VESSEL |
LENGTH |
Class A |
Less than sixteen feet (16') in length |
Class 1 |
Sixteen feet (16') or over and less than twenty-six feet (26') in length |
Class 2 |
Twenty-six feet (26') or over and less than forty feet (40') in length |
Class 3 |
Forty feet (40') or over and not more than sixty-five feet (65') in length |
Lights
Every motorboat, in all weathers, from sunset to sunrise, shall carry and exhibit the following lights when under way, and during that time no other lights which may be mistaken for those prescribed shall be exhibited.
Every motorboat of Classes A and 1 shall carry the following lights:
(i) A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon.
(ii) A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel and lower than the white light aft, showing green to starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two (2) points abaft the beam of their respective sides.
Every motorboat of Classes 2 and 3 shall carry the following lights:
(i) A bright white light in the fore part of the vessel, as near the stem as practicable, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty (20) points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten (10) points on each side of the vessel; namely, from right ahead to two (2) points abaft the beam on either side.
(ii) A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon and higher than the white light forward.
(iii) On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten (10) points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two (2) points abaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side, a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten (10) points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two (2) points abaft the beam on the port side. The side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height so set as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
- Motorboats of Classes A and 1, when propelled by sail alone, shall carry the combined lantern, but not the white light aft, prescribed by this section. Motorboats of Classes 2 and 3, when so propelled, shall carry the colored sidelights, suitably screened, but not the white lights, prescribed by this section. Motorboats of all classes, when so propelled, shall carry, ready at hand, a lantern or flashlight showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to avert collision.
- Any vessel may carry and exhibit the lights required by the federal regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
Sound producing device
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Every motorboat of Class 1, 2, or 3 shall be provided with an efficient whistle or other sound producing mechanical appliance. Note – federal law requires all boats to have an efficient whistle or other sound producing mechanical appliance.
Bell
Every motorboat of Class 2 or 3 shall be provided with an efficient bell. |
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