---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.43"
title: "33"
number: "183.43"
heading: "Persons capacity: Boats rated for manual propulsion and boats rated for outboard motors of 2 horsepower or less."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.43"
---

# §183.43. Persons capacity: Boats rated for manual propulsion and boats rated for outboard motors of 2 horsepower or less.

- (a) The persons capacity in pounds marked on a boat that is rated for manual propulsion or for motors of 2 horsepower or less must not exceed:
  - (1) For boats rated for manual propulsion, 90 percent of the maximum weight capacity in pounds; and
  - (2) For boats rated for motors of 2 horsepower or less, 90 percent of the maximum weight capacity in pounds, less 25 pounds.
- (b) The maximum persons capacity, in whole numbers of persons marked on a boat that is rated for manual propulsion must not exceed the value obtained by adding 32 pounds to the value determined in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1), dividing the sum by 141, and rounding off the result to the nearest whole number. If the fraction is less than one-half, round down to the next lower integer and if the fraction is equal to or greater than one-half, round up to the next higher whole integer.
- (c) The maximum persons capacity in whole numbers of persons marked on a boat rated for motors of 2 horsepower or less must not exceed the value obtained by adding 32 pounds to the value determined in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2), dividing the sum by 141, and rounding off the result to the nearest whole number. If the fraction is less than one-half, round down to the next lower whole integer and if the fraction is equal to or greater than one-half, round up to the next higher whole integer.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-034, 45 FR 2031, Jan. 10, 1980]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 78-034, 45 FR 2031, Jan. 10, 1980]