Amendments to Motor Boat Act
Clarify Boat Lights Requirements
(This is the first of a series of
two articles to clarify the require
ments for lights to be carried by
motorboats and fishing vessels in
the Kodiak and Alaska Peninsula
areas. Detailed information not
supplied here for reasons of
space, may foe obtained from any
Coast Guard cutter or by writing
to Commander,. 17th Coast Guard
District, Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection, Box 2631, Juneau,
Alaska.)
Information supplied by the
Coast Guard calls attention to a
change in the Motorboat Act of
1940, which was amended June
4, 1956. This legislation is now
designated as Public Law 552, and
relates to lights required to be
carried by motorboats.
The effect of this amendment
is as follows:
(a) Motorboats of all classes
may continue to carry and exhibit
after sunset and before sunrise,
when in inland waters, the lights
prescribed by the Motorboat Act.
(Subject to certain restrictions
for vessels propelled by both sail
and power, or sail alone).
(b) Instead of these lights,
motorboats of all classes may
carry and exhibit, after sunset and
before sunrise, in inland waters,
the lights required by the Inter
national Rules. By so doing, motor
boats will avoid the necessity of
changing lights when they operat
ed from inland waters to the high
seas. Motorboats under 40 gross
tons should refer to rules 7 (a)
and 10 (a) of the International
Rules governing masthead and
range lights of power-driven
vessels, for the characteristics and
separation of lights, noting that
they are classed as “small power
driven boats such as are carried
by seagoing vessels.” Boats of 40
gross tons or more should refer
to rules 2 (a) and 10 (a).
The next article in the series
will deal with boundary lines for
inland waters as established by
the Commandant of the Coast
Guard.
O. Nelsons Leave
On Vacation Trip
Oscar Nelson, his wife and
daughter Isabelle, left Wednesday
for a vacation trip in the States.
Leaving on the morning flight
Wednesday by PNA, the Nelson’s
plan to travel mainly by train,
first going to Southern California,
where they will visit Mrs. Jean
Zampa at Mt. View. They will
then go to Las Vegas, Colorado,
thence returning to Washington.
Oscar Nelson is an old-time
resident of Kodiak, and a fisher
man here. He was formerly a big
game guide, and is well-known as
a guide and hunter of the Kodiak
bear. The Nelsons plan to return
in about two months.
Speakers Silent
Until Next Fall
The Kodiak Island Toastmaster’s
Club, meeting last Tuesday at the
Montmartre Inn, voted to conclude
future meetings until next fall.
The small attendance at the
meeting prompted the acting
president, John Mansuy, to call
for a vote. At a previous meeting
the members voted to continue
until the end of May. The next
meeting is set for the second Tues
day in September, which is
September 9.
Only one speaker, Bob Boko,
was heard at the final meeting.
He spoke on “Friendship.” Ken
Stanford handled Table Topics
and John Mansuy: was the Toast
master for the evening.
Breakfast will be served at the
Masonic Temple Sunday, May]
frown 9 am to 1 pm. Masons and
their guests invited. i5>2n
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