All information provided by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The federal statutes authorize the U.S. Coast Guard to regulate the manufacture and safety standards of recreational boats and boating-related equipment.
These include regulations for: |
- Manufacturer certification
- Identification of boats
- Display of capacity information
- Safe loading
- Safe powering
- Flotation
- Electrical systems
- Fuel systems
- Ventilation
- Start-in-gear protection
- Navigation lights
- Backfire flame control
- Negligent operation
- Operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol
or a dangerous drug
- Numbering undocumented vessels
- Reporting undocumented vessel accidents and casualties
- State numbering and casualty reporting systems
- Carriage and use of personal flotation devices (PFDs)
- Carriage and use of visual distress signals (VDS)
- Carriage of fire extinguishing equipment
- Correction of especially hazardous conditions
- Regulated boating areas
- Vessel identification system
Safety Standards and Regulations for Recreational
Boats and Equipment Regulations for Operators of Recreational
and Undocumented Vessels.
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 46
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 33
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