AKBASSKING
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- Apr 13, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 1988 Yacht Fisher
- Engines
- Twin 375hp Cat 3208 T/A
Look at this article.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/boaters-who-forget-their-whistles-risk-60-fine
Would appear to be a discrepancy. I was not asked if I had a whistle, just a sound making device...Horns
Look at:
http://www.uscgboating.org/fedreqs/default.html
Look at page 25/26 and the note on page 26.
Then look at:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...8&view=text&node=33:1.0.1.5.38.4.26.2&idno=33
Title 33, Part 83, section 83.33(b):
b) Vessels of less than 12 meters in length. A vessel of less than 12 meters in length shall not be obliged to carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of making an efficient sound signal.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/boaters-who-forget-their-whistles-risk-60-fine
Would appear to be a discrepancy. I was not asked if I had a whistle, just a sound making device...Horns
Look at:
http://www.uscgboating.org/fedreqs/default.html
Look at page 25/26 and the note on page 26.
Then look at:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...8&view=text&node=33:1.0.1.5.38.4.26.2&idno=33
Title 33, Part 83, section 83.33(b):
b) Vessels of less than 12 meters in length. A vessel of less than 12 meters in length shall not be obliged to carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of making an efficient sound signal.