Motorboat Bills: Hearings Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6039, a Bill to Amend Laws for Preventing Collision of Vessels, to Regulate Equipment of Certain Motorboats on Navigable Waters of the United States, and for Other Purposes; and H.R. 6273, a Bill with Respect to Boats Equipped with Detachable Motors and for Other Motorboats. June 6, 1939U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - 50 páginas |
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... 16 feet long . Now there are too many high- powered speedboats which come into that class , under 16 feet long . However , most of the dinghies and rowboats , and so forth , run be- tween 12 and 14 feet long . I think if the size of the ...
... 16 feet long . Now there are too many high- powered speedboats which come into that class , under 16 feet long . However , most of the dinghies and rowboats , and so forth , run be- tween 12 and 14 feet long . I think if the size of the ...
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... 16 feet long , for the following reasons : 1. Most motorboats under 16 feet long are powered by outboard motors . These are high - speed power plants and in a great many cases an outboard motorboat is faster than boats of class 2 or 3 ...
... 16 feet long , for the following reasons : 1. Most motorboats under 16 feet long are powered by outboard motors . These are high - speed power plants and in a great many cases an outboard motorboat is faster than boats of class 2 or 3 ...
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... 16 feet . I mentioned the need for such lights , and also the possi- bility of accidents if they are eliminated . Mr. O'Brien asked if I knew of any accidents due to the lack of proper running - light equipment . I truth- fully answered ...
... 16 feet . I mentioned the need for such lights , and also the possi- bility of accidents if they are eliminated . Mr. O'Brien asked if I knew of any accidents due to the lack of proper running - light equipment . I truth- fully answered ...
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... 16 feet , and this simply continues the same limitation for the purposes of equipment . Mr. KEEFE . I understand , Captain , that an outboard motorboat under 16 feet is not subject to existing law . Captain SWEET . No , sir ; that is ...
... 16 feet , and this simply continues the same limitation for the purposes of equipment . Mr. KEEFE . I understand , Captain , that an outboard motorboat under 16 feet is not subject to existing law . Captain SWEET . No , sir ; that is ...
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... 16 feet long propelled by an outboard motor , if some farm boy living along a lake knows a fishing ground and some ... 16 - foot boat with an outboard motor . My son knows that lake as well as anybody in the world ; he knows every reef ...
... 16 feet long propelled by an outboard motor , if some farm boy living along a lake knows a fishing ground and some ... 16 - foot boat with an outboard motor . My son knows that lake as well as anybody in the world ; he knows every reef ...
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Act of June amend American Power Boat approval bill H. R. board copies Board of Supervising buoyant cushions Bureau of Navigation Captain SWEET carry on board CHAIRMAN colored side lights combination light Committee on Merchant Congress craft D. C. DEAR SIR Department of Commerce device draft bill provides driver enacted engine feet in length fire extinguisher flame arresters fog horn GUDGEON June 9 KEEFE Lake legislation manufacturers Marine and Fisheries Merchant Marine Motorboat Act motorboats of class motorboats or vessels MURPHY navigation outboard boats outboard motorboat outboard motors outboard racing passengers for hire penalty pilot rules Power Boat Association present law preserver PRESIDENT'S CUP propelled by machinery propelled by sail provides that motorboats racing boats RAPPLEYEA required to carry Revised Statutes rowboat sail and machinery Secretary of Commerce Sheepshead Bay small boats solely for racing Supervising Inspectors thing vessel propelled Washington whistle
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Página 43 - A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel and lower than the white light aft, showing green to starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Página 19 - ... the board of supervising inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce...
Página 2 - ... of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...
Página 1 - ... uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz. from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side...
Página 7 - Clerk of the United States District Court in and for the Southern District of New York...
Página 2 - ... shall be operated or navigated except in charge of a person duly licensed for such service by the local board of inspectors.
Página 1 - The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset, to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Página 9 - Act or of any regulations pertaining thereto. For any penalty incurred under this section the motorboat or vessel shall be held liable and may be proceeded against by way of libel in the district court of any district in which...
Página 2 - Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall have ready at hand a lantern showing a white light which shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision. The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph.
Página 1 - Class 1. Sixteen feet or over and less than twenty-six feet in length. Class 2. Twenty-six feet or over and less than forty feet in length. Class 3.