[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.13]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY(CONTINUED)
 
PART 173_VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY ANDACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B_Numbering
 
Sec. 173.13  Exemptions.

    Where the Coast Guard issues numbers, the following classes 
ofvessels are exempt, under Section 12303 of Title 46, United 
StatesCode, from the numbering provisions of Sections 12301 and 12302 
ofTitle 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 
10horsepower that:
    (1) Is owned by the owner of a vessel for which a validcertificate 
of number has been issued;
    (2) Displays the number of that numbered vessel followed by 
thesuffix ``1'' in the manner prescribed inSec. 173.27; and
    (3) Is used as a tender for direct transportation between thatvessel 
and the shore and for no other purpose.