The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-01
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON
MOTOR BOATS IS LISTED

For the convenience of people
just getting started in boating or
who wish to brush up on their
Coast Guard boating equipment
regulations, the Johnson Motors
News Bureau has reduced them to
capsule form for quick review.
These laws, set forth by the Con-
gress in the Motor Boat Act of
1910, are in effect on all Federal
waterways.
The act divides boats into four
classes: Glass A includes boats
less than Is feet long; Class l
(one) boats 16 feet long or longer
but less than &c feet; Class 2 boats
from 26 feet to less than 40 feet;
Glass 8, boats 40 feet to not more
than IS feet.
Equipment requirements are:
CLASS A
Lifesaving devices: One Coast
Guard approved life preserver. ring
buoy, buoyant vest or buoyant
cushion in good condition for each
person on board.
Lights: A combination light in
the front of the boat showing red
to port and green to starboard
from straight ahead to two points
of the compass behind the beam,
visible one mile. A white light in
the back of the boat showing all
around the horizon for two miles.
Fire extinguisher: Any one of
the following types: one quart
vaporizing liquid, Ia gallon foam,
4-pound COZ; 4-pound dry chemical.
No fire extinguisher is required on
pleasure outboards of open con-
struction. But if an cupboard has
an enclosed apartment, no matter
how small, it must have a fire ex-
tinguisher.
Ventilation: Two or more venti-
lators with cowls or equivalent cap
able of removing gases from the
bilges in engines and fuel-tank
compartments on boats constructed
or decked over after April rs, 1910,
using gasoline or fuel of flash
point less than 10 degrees F.
Motorboats so constructed that
the greater portion of the bilges
under the engines and fuel tanks
are open and exposed to air at all
times las most outboards are) do
not require ventilators.
Flame arrestor: Carburetors on
all engines on motorboats, other
than outboards, shall be fitted with
an approved device for arresting
backfire. installations made before
November 10, 1862, need not meet
the detailed requirements of the
specifications and may be contin-
ued in use so long as they are in
good condition.
CLASS 1
Equipment for Class l is the
same as for Class A. The only adj
dition is a hand, mouth or power
operated whistle or horn which will
produce blast lasting two seconds
and can be heard for a half a mile.
CLASS 2
Lifesaving devices: Same as
Class 1.
Lights: Individual running lights
(not combination lights), red to
port and green to starboard that
can be seen for at least a mile.
Two bright white lights, one in the
rear of the boat visible all around
the horizon for two miles. and one
up front showing right ahead to
two points behind the beam on both
sides for two miles.
Bell: One which can be heard for
some distance.
Horn or whistle: One hand or
power operated whistle or horn
capable of producing blast at
least two seconds long which can
be heard for a mile. ;
Fire extinguisher: Any two of
the types described for Glass A.
Ventilation and flame arrestor:
Same as for Class 1.
CLASS 3
Lifesaving devices: One Coast
Guard-approved life preserver or
ring buoy for each person aboard.
Cushions will not suffice here).
Horn or Whistle: Must be power
operated. Capable of producing
blast two seconds long and be
heard for mile.
Fire extinguisher: Any three of
the types decribed for Glass A.
Lights. bell, ventilation and
flame arrestors: Same as for Class
2.
In all classes boats fitted with