[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: 33CFR183.35]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 183--BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Safe Loading
 
Sec. 183.35  Maximum weight capacity: Outboard boats.

    (a) The maximum weight capacity marked on a boat that is designed or 
intended to use one or more outboard motors for propulsion must be a 
number that does not exceed one-fifth of the difference between its 
maximum displacement and boat weight.

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    (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 except for water coming through one opening 
in the motor well with its greatest dimension not over 3 inches for 
outboard motor controls or fuel lines. 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 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.

[CGD 72-61, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, as amended by CGD 73-250, 40 FR 
43857, Sept. 23, 1975; CGD 75-176, 42 FR 2681, Jan. 13, 1977; USCG-1999-
5832, 64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999]