Guam § 69113 - Classification and Required Equipment.

§ 69113. Classification and Required Equipment.

(a) Classification. Motorboats subject to the provisions of

this Act shall be divided into four classes as follows:

CLASS A. Less than 16 feet in length.

CLASS 1. 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in

length.

CLASS 2. 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in

length.

CLASS 3. 40 feet or over and not more than 65 feet in

length.

(b) Motorboat lights. Every motorboat in all weathers from

sunset to sunrise shall carry and exhibit the following lights

when underway, and during such time no other lights which may

be mistaken for those prescribed shall be exhibited:

(1) Every motorboat of Classes A and 1 shall carry the

following lights:

First. A bright white light aft to show all around

the horizon.

Second. A combined light 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 (22-1/2o) abaft the beam

on their respective sides.

(2) Every motorboat of Classes 2 and 3 shall carry the

following lights:

First. A bright white light in the fore part of the

vessel as near the stem as practicable, so constructed as

to show the unbroken light over an arc of the horizon

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of twenty points (225o) of the compass, so fixed as to

throw the light ten points (112-1/2o) on each side of the

vessel, namely from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o)

abaft the beam on either side.

Second. A bright white light aft to show all

around the horizon and higher than the white light

forward.

Third. On the starboard side a green light so

constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of

the horizon of ten points (112-1/2o) of the compass, so

fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two

points (22-1/2o) abaft the beam on the starboard side.

On the port side a red light so constructed as to show

an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten

points (112-1/2o) of the compass, so fixed as to throw

the light from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o) abaft

the beam on the port side. The side lights shall be fitted

with inboard screens so set as to prevent these lights

from being seen across the bow.

(3) Motorboats of Classes A and 1 when propelled by

sail alone shall exhibit the combined light prescribed by

Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and a twelve point (135o)

white light aft. Motorboats of Classes 2 and 3, when so

propelled, shall exhibit the colored side lights, suitably

screened as prescribed by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection

and a twelve point (135o) white light aft.

(4) Every white light prescribed by this Section shall

be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least

two (2) miles. Every colored light prescribed by this Section

shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at

least one (1) mile. The word visible in this Subsection,

when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night

with clear atmosphere.

(5) When propelled by sail and machinery every

motorboat shall carry the lights required by this Section for

a motorboat propelled by machinery only.

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(c) Light on manually propelled vessels. Manually propelled

vessels shall carry, ready at hand, a lantern or flashlight showing

a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to avert

collision.

(d) International lights. Any vessel may carry and exhibit

the lights required by the Federal Regulations for Preventing

Collisions at Sea, 1960, Federal Act of September 24, 1963 (33

USC 1051-1053) and (1061-1064) as amended, in lieu of the

lights required by Subsection (b) of this Section.

(e) Lights on vessels over 65 feet and those propelled solely

by wind. All other vessels over 65 feet in length and those

propelled solely by wind effect on the sail shall display lights

prescribed by Federal regulations.

(f) Whistle. Every motorboat of Class 1, 2 or 3, shall be

provided with an efficient whistle or other sound producing

mechanical appliance capable of producing signals required for

the prevention of collisions.

(g) Bell. Every motorboat of Class 2 or 3, shall be provided

with an efficient bell.

(h) Lifesaving devices. Every vessel shall carry at least one

(1) U.S. Coast Guard approved lifesaving device of the sort

prescribed by the regulations of the Guam Police Department for

each person on board, so placed as to be readily accessible;

provided that every motorboat carrying passengers for hire shall

carry, so placed as to be readily accessible, at least one (1) U.S.

Coast Guard approved life preserver of the sort prescribed by

regulations of the Department of Public Safety for each person

on board. All lifesaving devices shall be in good and serviceable

condition.

(i) Fire extinguishers. Every motorboat shall be provided

with such number, size and type of U.S. Coast Guard approved

fire extinguishers capable of promptly and effectually

extinguishing burning gasoline, as may be prescribed by the

regulations of the Guam Police Department which fire

extinguishers shall be at all times kept in condition for

immediate and effective use and so placed as to be readily

accessible.

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(j) Equipment exemptions in authorized races. The

provisions of Subsections (f), (g) and (i) of this Section shall not

apply to motorboats while competing in any race conducted

pursuant to § 69121 of this Chapter or, if such boats be designed

and intended solely for racing, while engaged in such navigation

as is incidental to the tuning up of the boats and engines for the

race.

(k) Flame arrestor. Every motorboat shall have the

carburetor or carburetors of every engine therein except outboard

motors using gasoline as fuel, equipped with such efficient

USCG approved flame arrestor, backfire trap, or other similar

device as may be prescribed by the regulations of the Guam

Police Department.

(l) Ventilation. Every such motorboat and every such vessel,

except open boats as defined by the regulations of the Guam

Police Department, using as fuel any liquid of a volatile nature,

shall be provided with such means as may be prescribed by the

regulations of the Guam Police Department for properly and

efficiently ventilating the bilges of the engine and fuel tank

compartments so as to remove any explosive or flammable

gases.

(m) Authority for regulations. The Guam Police Department

is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations required to

carry out in the most effective manner all of the provisions of

this Section and to modify the equipment requirements contained

in this Section to the extent necessary to keep these requirements

in conformity with the provisions of the Federal Navigation

Laws or with the navigation rules promulgated by the United

States Coast Guard and to prescribe additional equipment

requirements not in conflict with Federal Navigation Laws.

(n) Pilot rules. For the operation of vessels on the waters of

this Territory, the Guam Police Department is hereby authorized

to establish and maintain for the operation of vessels on the

waters of this Territory pilot rules in conformity with the pilot

rules contained in the Federal Navigation Laws or the navigation

rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard.

(o) Prohibition against operation of improperly equipped

vessel. No person shall operate or give permission for the

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operation of a vessel which is not equipped as required by this

Act or the rules and regulations of the Guam Police Department

made pursuant thereto.