[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR183.33]

[Page 760-761]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 183--BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Safe Loading
 
Sec. 183.33  Maximum weight capacity: Inboard and inboard-outdrive boats.

    (a) The maximum weight capacity (W) marked on a boat that has one or 
more inboard or inboard-outdrive units for propulsion must not exceed 
the greater value of W obtained from either of the following formulas:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC18OC91.020

    (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) ``Maximum displacement'' is the weight of the volume of water 
displaced by the boat at its maximum level immersion in calm water 
without water coming aboard. For the purpose of this paragraph, a boat 
is level when it is transversely level and when either of the two 
following conditions are met:
    (i) The forward point where the sheer intersects the vertical 
centerline plane

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and the aft point where the sheer intersects the upper boundary of the 
transom (stern) are equidistant above the water surface or are 
equidistant below the water surface.
    (ii) The most forward point of the boat is level with or above the 
lowest point of water ingress.
    (2) ``Boat weight'' is the combination of:
    (i) Hull weight;
    (ii) Deck and superstructure weight;
    (iii) Weight of permanent appurtenances; and
    (iv) Weight of full permanent fuel tanks.
    (3) ``Machinery weight'' is the combined weight of installed engines 
or motors, control equipment, drive units, and batteries.

[CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting 
Sec. 183.33, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.