[C320-list] Hull Drawings

[Chris Burti]

A couple of points. 

Name on sides and home port on transom does not comply
with Coast regulations for documented vessels.

Sorry. Please do not argue with me about what your
opinion is, what your interpretation of the word
"together" means or what everybody in your marina has
done. That all carries no sway with the Coast Guard.
Nor, does the fact that most of the coasties on the
water probabaly agree with you help if you are cited
by the one officer that actually knows the right of
it.

I reveiwed the law myself and resolved the ambiguity
of what I have commonly seen with what the regs say by
personally getting the Coast Guard's documentation
section's own interpretation. They were very specific.
Both on the side or both on the transom and not one
one each. To the CG officials in DC, apparently close
is not near enough to together. 
  
I now have big names on each of the sides and a
regulation satisfying four inch name and home port on
the transom.  The name is between deck and swim
platform and home port is between platform and bottom.

On a related issue, I questioned if it was permissible
to locate the Number plate in the port cockpit locker
as I didn't want to put it in the woodwork in the
cabin. The reply "If the cockpit locker is a part of
the interior hull and it's clearly visible, it will be
acceptable."

The actual regs can be found at;

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/46cfr67_01.html

Here is the relevent text;
"           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
     CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION--CONTINUED
 
PART 67--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart I--Marking Requirements for Vessel
Documentation
 
Sec. 67.123  Name and hailing port marking
requirements.

    (a) ...
    (b) ...
    (c) Recreational vessels. For vessels documented
exclusively for recreation, the name and hailing port
must be marked together on some clearly visible
exterior part of the hull.
    (d) The markings required by paragraphs (a), (b),
and (c) of this section, which may be made by the use
of any means and materials which result in durable
markings, must be made in clearly legible letters of 
the Latin alphabet or Arabic or Roman numerals not
less than four inches in height."


--- Quentin Murphy <qmurphy at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I'm renaming my boat and I presume the graphics
> company will require
> drawings of both sides and the transom.  Putting the
> boat name, a graphic,
> and club name and home port on the transom presents
> a challenge with this
> boat due to the opening to the swim ladder.  In the
> past, when I owned a
> service company, the sign company had stock drawings
> for the GM, Ford and
> Dodge vans for this purpose.  Obviously this is not
> the case with boats due
> to the variety.  Does anyone know where I could
> locate such drawings in
> AutoCAD?  This way I can see what the signage would
> look like on the boat
> before I order it to be made.  I get one shot at
> doing this and I'd like to
> get it right.
> 
> Quentin Murphy
> Celtic Knot #667
> 
> 
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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