8" Bell Required ?

[delmarrey]

Also here is a VSC sample form; http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/pu...012_SAMPLE.pdf

And a UPV sample form for Alaska; http://www.mxak.org/fivestar/5starcheck.pdf

And a list of CFR's for each safety requirements (UPV); http://www.mxak.org/fivestar/5starcheck.pdf

[avb3]

Most of these regs make sense.

Does anyone know how they affect non-U.S. registered boats? I understand that we need to abide by the same regs, but do we need the placards?

[nigel1]

Originally Posted by delmarrey

I don't think a paper version would pass USCG reg. See section (a) Maybe laminated or under plastic/glass?

Hi Del,
On board ship, we have self adhesive placcy paper notices, pretty sure laminated would keep coasties happy

[nigel1]

Originally Posted by avb3

Most of these regs make sense.

Does anyone know how they affect non-U.S. registered boats? I understand that we need to abide by the same regs, but do we need the placards?

On a 4000 grt UK registered ship, we have these posters displayed, and we've not even been to the USA

[SvenG]

We're 39' LOD but with a bow pulpit/anchor and a Cape Horn vane we'll be over 40'. So which one counts ?

We have the bell and the placards except the waste management plan.


Thanks,



-Sven

[Pau Hana Daz]

Originally Posted by SvenG

We're 39' LOD but with a bow pulpit/anchor and a Cape Horn vane we'll be over 40'. So which one counts ?

We're 38' LOD and 41' 6" LOA (not counting davits). USCG documentation paperwork says 38', so with the Coast Guard, marinas, and boat yards (or anyplace else I get charged by length), we're a 38 footer - Otherwise we're a 41.

[markpierce]

Originally Posted by SvenG

We're 39' LOD but with a bow pulpit/anchor and a Cape Horn vane we'll be over 40'. So which one counts ?

We have the bell and the placards except the waste management plan.

The official length is measured along the boat's centerline from the foremost part of the hull to its aftermost. Bowsprits, rudders aft of the transom, swim platorms, outboard motor brackets, etc. are not part of the length unless thay are part of the hull.

Marinas have their own definitions.

[Loquat]

I am going ahead and getting one. Chrome finish I think as oppose to brass cuase nothing else is brass outside the boat. But what about mounting? I want a removable one, I guess on the mizzen mast just above head level, reachable if standing on the cockpit seats? The backstay runs around there...Where else?

[Bash]

Originally Posted by SvenG

We're 39' LOD but with a bow pulpit/anchor and a Cape Horn vane we'll be over 40'. So which one counts ?

As I understand it, what counts is what your documents specify as your length. When I documented my boat, I made a point of documenting my LOD rather than LOA.

When I'm at the yacht club bar, however, it's all about LOA.

[Badsanta]

Get a nice heavy bell. It makes a much nicer tone than a thin tinkley one.

[s/v 'Faith']

Anyone have a mount laying around for an old weems and Plath 8" bell?