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Professional Boatbuilder On-line Course on Load Capacity and Flotation

First a note about the reasons behind the flotation standards. Why is all this stuff necessary?

US Coast Guard Video on Safe Loading and Flotation Testing ((109 MB) This is a large file and is about 20 min long. It runs well on a highspeed broadband connection. On a slower connection you would have to wait until it is completely downloaded and then run it.

Watch a Power Point Presentation on Flotation. (5.3 MB You must have Microsoft Power Point to view this.)

Select from the following list.

Level Flotation : Mono-hulled boats under 20 feet in length, with outboards greater than 2 HP.

Modified Level Flotation : Mono-hulled boats under 20 feet in length, with 2 HP or less, or manually propelled.

Basic Flotation : Mono-hull inboard motorboats under 20 feet in length.

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