[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.13]

[Page 802]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173--VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B--Numbering
 
Sec. 173.13  Exemptions.

    Where the Coast Guard issues numbers, the following classes of 
vessels are exempt, under Section 12303 of Title 46, United States Code, 
from the numbering provisions of Sections 12301 and 12302 of Title 46, 
United States Code, and this part:
    (a) A vessel that is used exclusively for racing.
    (b) A vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of less than 10 
horsepower that:
    (1) Is owned by the owner of a vessel for which a valid certificate 
of number has been issued;
    (2) Displays the number of that numbered vessel followed by the 
suffix ``1'' in the manner prescribed in Sec. 173.27; and
    (3) Is used as a tender for direct transportation between that 
vessel and the shore and for no other purpose.