Law required boating equipment

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 10:40 AM

I am licensing my driftboat this weekend since I now have a kicker for it to do some trolling and was wondering what equipment the boating laws require me to have when running with the motor other than the obvious..........life jackets, fire exstinguisher (sp), air horn..........what else.

Anybody know of a website I can refer to?

Thanks for the help,
JK

FishinMission · 02-21-2002, 10:44 AM

ARTWO..Try the Oregon State Marine board...Sorry, don't got the link.

Mark

searun · 02-21-2002, 10:52 AM

Here is the link: Oregon State Marine Board Regulations

I was looking at it myself this AM. For the kicker a fire extinguisher isn't required but makes sense to have.

Fishing freak · 02-21-2002, 12:07 PM

Artwo,

There is a differance in requirements for 16' and over. After passing several boat inspections I received a ticket in my drift boat a couple of years ago for not having a throwable life-ring/
cushion. My registration had it listed as a 16 footer. Last year an officer did the inspection and
measured my boat ( 15'9") He told me that i didn't need a throwable device ( I already had purchased a couple)

Hoosier Daddy · 02-21-2002, 01:00 PM

What I was referring to is that you have to get the little stick on numbers and put your year registration sticker and reg. number on the boat.

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 01:16 PM

chnookie,
the gal at Stevens that I talk to said my numbers should be printed on my title, I'll have a look tonight.......thanks.

FF,
the following is off the marine board web site

Equipment Requirements
For Boaters - PFDs, Fire Extinguishers, Horns, Etc.
Note: All children 12 and younger must wear a life vest when in a boat underway.
Equipment requirements vary with the size of the boat and its source of power. Type of construction and motor will cause equipment requuirements to vary. Motorboats when used in racing and similar activities are generally exempt from whistle, bell, fire extinguisher and muffler requirements. Sailboats with motors, whether inboard or outboard, are considered motorboats. Personal watercraft (PWC) are also considered motorboats. Boats not properly equipmed, fine of up to $350.)

Sailboats and Manually Propelled Boats
Shall carry the following equipment:

Personal flotation devices.
Boats less than 16 feet in length and all canoes, rafts and kayaks, shall carry one Type I, II or III wearable device of suitable size for each person on board.
A throwable device Type IV will not meet the carriage requirements for these boats.
Boats 16 feet and over, except canoes and kayaks, must have one Type I, II or III device of suitable size aboard for each person as well as one type IV throwable device.
The Type I, II and III devices shall be readily accessible to all persons on board. The Type IV device shall be immediately available for use.
Navigation lights (required only when underway or at anchor between sunset and sunrise, and during periods of restricted visibility).
For manually propelled boats, a lantern showing a white light, to be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.
For sailboats.
Sound devices: A boat less than39 feet 4 inches (12 meters) must carry a sound signalling device such as a whistle or compressed air horn.

Motorboats Less Than 16 Feet in Length
Shall carry the following equipment:

Personal flotation devices.
Boats less than 16 feet in length and all canoes, rafts and kayaks, shall carry one Type I, II or III wearable device of suitable size for each person on board.
A throwable device Type IV will not meet the carriage requirements for these boats.
Sound devices: A boat less than39 feet 4 inches (12 meters) must carry a sound signalling device such as a whistle or compressed air horn.
One B-I type approved fire extinguisher when no fixed fire extinguishing system is installed in machiner. (Fire extinguishers are not required on outboard motorboats less than 26 feet in length and of open construction.) No B-I type extinguisher is required if an approved fixed fire extinguishing system is installed in machinery space(s).
An approved carburetor backfire flame arrestor for inboard motors not expsoed to the atmosphere above the gunwhale.
An effective muffling system for the exhaust of each internal combustion engine.
A ventilation system, the particular type dependent upon when the boat was built.
Lights (required only when underway or at anchor between sunset and sunrise, and during periods of restricted visibility).
Motorboats 16 Feet to Less Than 26 Feet
Shall carry the following equipment:

One Coast Guard approved personal flotation device of an appropriate size readily accessible for the intended wearer - Type I, II or III wearable for each person on board and one Type IV.
Sound devices: A boat less than39 feet 4 inches (12 meters) must carry a sound signalling device such as a whistle or compressed air horn.
One B-I type approved fire extinguisher when no fixed fire extinguishing system is installed in machiner. (Fire extinguishers are not required on outboard motorboats less than 26 feet in length and of open construction.) No B-I type extinguisher is required if an approved fixed fire extinguishing system is installed in machinery space(s).
An approved carburetor backfire flame arrestor for inboard motors not expsoed to the atmosphere above the gunwhale.
An effective muffling system for the exhaust of each internal combustion engine.
A ventilation system, the particular type dependent upon when the boat was built.
Lights (required only when underway or at anchor between sunset and sunrise, and during periods of restricted visibility).

HORNBLOWER · 02-21-2002, 02:17 PM

It might pay EVERYONE to check the regs for his/her own boat. Last fall I was checked in Tillamook Bay for required equipment on board. I had thought everything was in order, but nearly got a ticket for OUT-DATED FLARES. (My boat is an 18-foot outboard). The fellow was nice enough to let me return to the dock to replace them, with a warning that if my boat were checked the next day without them, a citation would result.

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 02:26 PM

Hornblower,
I don't see in the regulations for a boat your size with an outboard is required to have flares unless it's a requirements since your in the bay/ocean. I went and looked all over the Oregon State Marine Board web site and did not see anything about flares at all.

JK

Ramstrong · 02-21-2002, 02:50 PM

Don't forget that if you're under 30 like me, next year is the first year you're required to have your boater education card. If you're under 40 it will be 2004 and so on and so forth until 2009 when everyone needs one.

lightline · 02-21-2002, 03:04 PM

I wont need my boater education card untill the turn of the century then.

moman · 02-21-2002, 04:05 PM

Artwo, you talked to someone at Steven's that knew what was going on? Great, that's better luck than I had. Remeber the thread about how to measure a driftboat? It matters at registration, the board is only interested in straight tip to tail. I registered my driftboat through Stevens last week, it had no title and ended up costing me ~$30 for title application and registration. Later, I'll have to have a survey (it was custom made my a small-time, now out-of business builer). Anyway, Steven's was somewhat confused but I got my peice of paper.

On another note, that, my 3rd time or so in Steven's, was surreal like all the rest. There's always 4-6 people standing around. As I stood there at the counter the other day, the receptionist paged the intercon "Sales, Line One" three times. This despite the fact that there were three salesmen standing 10 feet from the counter chatting. No one picked up the call. It was amazing. I heard a story of a commerical fisherman who walked in with a briefcase full of money, bought three $100K boats from the youngest salesman, seems no one wanted to help him until they saw the cash. He apparently demanded to work wit the young man who must have got a nice commission. Maybe just urban legend and I could be way off.

cully · 02-21-2002, 06:21 PM

moman, It's incrediable "the people you can buy with small change". --J.J.Cale From a cd that has the best fishing songs i have ever heard. His latest

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 08:13 PM

moman,
when I got home this evening I looked at the paperwork I had on my boat and I found out that I don't have a title like I originally thought. What I have is the manufacture's statement of origin and the originalbill of sale for the boat plus the original bill of sale as well as my bill of sale. The statement of origin shows the length as 15'-4" which is nice since that will help with the cost from what I understand. It looks like I will have to do title application as well as a registration like you. In reading the maine board web page I'm not sure if I need an inspection or not since my boat is manufactured by a know builder (fishrite), I'll have to find out if I need one or not. The onjly reason I talk to Stevens is because I was told they do boat lisencing there and it was the receptionist I believe that help me out today, so we will see how it goes on saturday.

JK

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 11:16 PM

Thanks guys, the marine board site told me everything I needed to know.

Thanks again,
JK

Hoosier Daddy · 02-21-2002, 11:17 PM

Don't forget that if you put a motor on it, you have to register the boat too.

Artwo · 02-21-2002, 11:25 PM

chnookie,
I'm planning on going to Stevens Marine in Milwaukie saturday, they should be able to help me out with all the nessecary paperwork I would think. I currently have a title for the boat so it's my understanding that all I need is to license it........correct ?, or am I missing something.

Thanks,
JK

Meridian · 02-22-2002, 05:53 AM

Fishin Freak
A few years back when the state tried to impose a luxury tax on boats 16' and over I measured my 16' drift boat. I measured 15'9". So I reregistered my boat to avoid the tax. Well the tax didn't go through but at least I have a leg to stand on if I forget my floatable cushion.

HORNBLOWER · 02-22-2002, 10:34 AM

ARTWO, I believe you are correct in that we were in the bay. Coast Guard officers did the checking, and I believe they indicated that the bay is subject to the same regulations as being over the bar, as far as equipment is concerned. Logic, is that they can't tell whether we will stay in the bay or go over the bar into the ocean itself. I suspect there are quite a few boats out there that could be ticketed without having the knowledge that the coast guard enforces those regulations in the bay.

Perfect Drift · 02-22-2002, 05:30 PM

Speaking with a Coast Guard fellow at school today, there is a big diffence between what the state requires and what the Feds require. The state regs are for state lakes and streams only.
If you go on the Columbia or any coastal bay or navigatable river we must meet the Federal regs.
Big difference, check the books for you craft. Wouldn't want anyone to assume and get caught on the Columbia without the proper gear.