---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 84.19"
title: "33"
number: "84.19"
heading: "High-speed craft."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/84.19"
---

# §84.19. High-speed craft.

- (a) The masthead light of high-speed craft may be placed at a height related to the breadth of the craft lower than that prescribed in [§ 84.02(a)(i)](/cfr/33/84.02.md?p=a-i), provided that the base angle of the isosceles triangle formed by the sidelights and masthead light, when seen in end elevation is not less than 27°.
- (b) On high-speed craft of 50 meters or more in length, the vertical separation between foremast and mainmast light of 4.5 meters required by [§ 84.02(k)](/cfr/33/84.02.md?p=k) may be modified provided that such distance shall not be less than the value determined by the following formula:

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 303, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1042 (33 U.S.C. 2071); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 37921, July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.