[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR169.305]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 169_SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 169.300_Construction and Arrangement
 
Sec. 169.305  Plans required.

                                  Plans


    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section the 
owner or builder shall, before the start of construction or before the 
initial inspeciton of the vessel, submit to the Officer in Charge, 
Marine Inspection of the inspection zone where the vessel is to be 
inspected, at least one copy of each of the following plans:
    (1) Midship section.
    (2) Outboard profile.
    (3) Inboard profile.
    (4) Arrangement of decks.
    (5) Lifesaving equipment installation and arrangement.
    (6) Machinery installation.
    (7) Electrical installation.
    (8) Fire control plan.
    (9) Fuel tanks.
    (10) Piping systems.
    (11) Hull penetrations and shell connections.
    (12) Lines and offsets, curves of form, and capacities of the tanks 
including size and location on vessel.
    (13) Masts, including integration into the ship's structure.
    (14) Rigging plan showing sail areas and centers of effort as well 
as the arrangement, dimensions, and connections of the standing rigging.
    (b) For vessels less than 65 feet in length, the owner may submit 
specifications, sketches, photographs, line drawings or written 
descriptions in lieu of any of the required drawings provided the 
required information is adequately detailed and acceptable to the 
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.
    (c) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may waive submission 
of some or all of the structural plans called for by paragraph (a) of 
this section for an existing vessel with a history of at least 5 years 
of safe operation, or if the design and construction of the vessel are 
essentially similar to a vessel which has a proven record of safe 
operation in similar service upon similar waters.