[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR84.24]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 84_ANNEX I: POSITIONING AND TECHNICAL DETAILS OF LIGHTS AND SHAPES

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 84.24  High-speed craft.



    (a) The masthead light of high-speed craft with a length to breadth 

ratio of less than 3.0 may be placed at a height related to the breadth 

lower than that prescribed in Sec. 84.03(a)(1), provided that the base 

angle of the isosceles triangle formed by the side lights and masthead 

light when seen in end elevation is not less than 27 degrees as 

determined by the formula in paragraph (b) of this section.

    (b) The minimum height of masthead light above sidelights is to be 

determined by the following formula: Tan 27[deg]=X/

Y; where Y is the horizontal distance between the sidelights 

and X is the height of the forward masthead light.



[CGD 94-011, 63 FR 5731, Feb. 4, 1998. Redesignated by USCG-1999-5832, 

64 FR 34712, June 29, 1999]