capacity plate

[RidgeRunner]

Lost mine in the rebuild. Noone has ever asked to see it. What is the law?

[joe7670]

I believe a capacity plate was not required in 20' and above.

Found the following on another site:
http://www.boat-ed.com/fl/course/p2-...urcapacity.htm
"Although federal law requires capacity plates only on boats less than 20 feet in length, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) requires a capacity plate on all boats less than 26 feet in order to be certified by NMMA."

Mine doesn't have one.

There is a rule of thumb on calculating the load based on lengthXwidth/15.

Granted cooler, fish.... need to be subtracted from this.

[Skools Out]

Originally Posted by joe7670

I believe a capacity plate was not required in 20' and above.

Found the following on another site:
http://www.boat-ed.com/fl/course/p2-...urcapacity.htm
"Although federal law requires capacity plates only on boats less than 20 feet in length, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) requires a capacity plate on all boats less than 26 feet in order to be certified by NMMA."

Mine doesn't have one.

There is a rule of thumb on calculating the load based on lengthXwidth/15.

Granted cooler, fish.... need to be subtracted from this.

it's 21 ft or larger

[joe7670]

Not what i'm reading. They all say less than 20.

Here's another site:
http://www.boatingbasicsonline.com/c...eneral/3_7.php
http://www.boatus.com/foundation/guide/boat_1.html