§ 183.25 Display of markings.

(a) Each marking required by § 183.23 must be permanently displayed in a legible manner where it is clearly visible to the operator when getting the boat underway. (b) The information required by § 183.23 must be displayed in the following manner: (1) For outboard boats: (2) For inboard boats and inboard-outboard boats: (3) For boats rated for motors of 2 horsepower or less: (4) For boats rated for manual propulsion: (c) The capacity information displays required in paragraph (b) must meet the following as illustrated in Figure 183.25: (1) The capacity information required in § 183.23 must be displayed within a yellow area that— (i) Is at least 4 inches wide; and (ii) Is high enough that each line of print is separated by at least 1/8 inch from each other and from the borders of the yellow area; (2) The persons capacity in whole numbers must be black print with the following dimensions: (i) The height must not be smaller than one-half inch; (ii) The width of the numbers must be three-fifths of the height except for the number “4”, which shall be one stroke width wider, and the number “1”, which shall be one stroke in width; (iii) The stroke width shall be one-sixth of the height; and (iv) The minimum space between the numbers shall be one stroke width. (3) The words in the line “XX Persons or XXX Pounds” must be at least one-quarter inch in height but not larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number and of a color contrasting with yellow. The number of pounds in this line must be at least one-eighth inch in height but no larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number and of a color contrasting with yellow. (4) All remaining words and numbers required to be within the yellow area required in paragraph (c)(1) must be at least one-eighth inch in height, but no larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number. (5) All other words and numbers on the displays must be located outside the yellow area on a background color which contrasts with yellow. (6) The words “Maximum Capacities” must be at least one-quarter inch in height and of color contrasting with its background. (7) The words “U.S. Coast Guard” must be at least one-eighth inch in height and of color contrasting with its background.