[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR183.205]

[Page 869]
 
                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 G_Flotation Requirements for Outboard Boats Rated for Engines of 
                         More Than 2 Horsepower
 
Sec. 183.205  Passenger carrying area.

    (a) For the purpose of this section a boat is level when it is 
supported on its keel at the two points shown in Figure 2.
    (b) As used in this subpart, the term ``passenger carrying area'' 
means each area in a boat in which persons can sit in a normal sitting 
position or stand while the boat is in operation. Passenger carrying 
areas are illustrated in Figures 3 through 8.
    (c) The length of the passenger carrying area is the distance along 
the centerline of the boat between two vertical lines, one at the 
forward end and one at the aft end of the passenger carrying area when 
the boat is level as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. For boats with a 
curved stem inside the passenger carrying area, the forward vertical 
line is where a line 45 degrees to the horizontal when the boat is level 
is tangent to the curve of the stem, as illustrated in Figure 5. For 
boats with cabins, the forward vertical line is where there is a minimum 
distance of two feet between the inside top of the cabin and the water 
line formed when the boat is swamped and loaded with weights under Sec. 
183.220 as illustrated in Figure 6.
    (d) The breadth of each passenger carrying area is the distance 
between two vertical lines at the mid-length, excluding consoles, of the 
passenger carrying area when the boat is level as illustrated in Figures 
7 and 8. For boats with round chines inside the passenger carrying area, 
the vertical line is where a transverse line 45 degrees to the 
horizontal is tangent to the arc of the chine, as illustrated in Figure 
8.

[CGD 75-168, 42 FR 20243, Apr. 18, 1977, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 
64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999]