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Misty Blue · 07-31-2007, 01:19 PM

Hazelnut:

Here is the deal on railings. I could find the proper wording but this is it in a nut shell.

The youth PFD requirement does not apply for a vessel which has a continuous rail around the vessel which is at least three feet high and has no openings so that it can reasonably contain the ocupants. For example:

The Mount does not need the PFDs because she has side rails that run continuously around the vessel that will reasonably hold in a child. Same with the Doris and Sophie.

Remember the Queen of Winnipesaukee? A beauty of a sloop that sailed out of the Weirs for years. She was compliant because she had rails with cables around her with nylon mesh from the deck to the top cable to keep people in.

I need PFDs on the boats that I operate because they are pontoon boats and their rails are only 2 1/2 feet high. It's cheaper to buy PFDs than rais the rails.

If your boat can meet the standard than you are OK.

Misty Blue.

Somehow I knew that I was opening a can of worms. But it's getting the word out and that's OK.

07-31-2007, 01:19 PM	#25
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	PFDs not required... Hazelnut: Here is the deal on railings. I could find the proper wording but this is it in a nut shell. The youth PFD requirement does not apply for a vessel which has a continuous rail around the vessel which is at least three feet high and has no openings so that it can reasonably contain the ocupants. For example: The Mount does not need the PFDs because she has side rails that run continuously around the vessel that will reasonably hold in a child. Same with the Doris and Sophie. Remember the Queen of Winnipesaukee? A beauty of a sloop that sailed out of the Weirs for years. She was compliant because she had rails with cables around her with nylon mesh from the deck to the top cable to keep people in. I need PFDs on the boats that I operate because they are pontoon boats and their rails are only 2 1/2 feet high. It's cheaper to buy PFDs than rais the rails. If your boat can meet the standard than you are OK. Misty Blue. Somehow I knew that I was opening a can of worms. But it's getting the word out and that's OK.