Outboard engines. Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Shipbuilding and marine structures in general (ICS 47.020)

Recreational Boat Flotation Standards-Update of Outboard Engine Weight Test Requirements (11 pages, in English)

The Coast Guard is issuing this interim rule to update the table of outboard engine weights used in calculating safe loading capacities and required amounts of flotation material. The engine weight table was last updated in 1984, and the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 requires that we update the table to reflect a specific standard.