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Notice: 10/28/2024:  The U.S. Coast Guard has published a policy letter regarding standards for Flotation, Safe Loading and Maximum Horsepower ratings on boats with electric propulsion. Essentially the policy letter says that manufacturers of electric propulsion recreational boats should comply with the same standards for Safe Loading, Flotation, and Safe horsepower as gasoline powered recreational boats and refers to ABYC Standard E-13 for Boats with Electric Propulsion. The policy letter can be seen at the Coast Guard's website at https://safeafloat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BSX-23-Electric-Propulsion-Policy-FINAL.pdf

I have added notes about this on pages affected: Safe loading, Horsepower and Flotation as well as a new page on Electric Propulsion.The page is still being created, but I have posted it so that if you see any problems or mistakes you can comment. Constructive comments are welcomed, and if used I will gladly give credit. Contact Me Here.

WELCOME to my website. This web site has been designed to work with all devices, PCs, Tablets, and mobile devices. Please contact me if you have any issues or comments. Contact Me Here.  Updated 10/06/2024.

I have recently added a new page on Electric Propulsion.  

Subject Index To New Boat Builders Home Page

A:

About Us
 Alcohol in Gas (pdf)
Alternating Current
Alternative Fuels
Aluminum - Painting (pdf)
ABYC American Boat And Yacht Council

B:

Back Yard Boat Builders (pdf)
Batteries
Batteries and Chargers (pdf)
Batteries: Everything You Need To Know (pdf)
Battery Group Number (pdf)
Boatbuilding Myths
Business of Boat Building

C:

Canada Standards
Canoes
Capacity (Safe Load)
Carbon Monoxide
Certification
Chargers (pdf)
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas
Commercial use only boats
Corrosion(pdf)
Corrosion

D:

Direct Current
Displacement (Word Doc)

E:

Electric Shock Drowning
Electrical Grounding (pdf)
Electrical Links
Electrical Safety and Practices
Electrical Standards
Electrical System Planning
Electric Propulsion

Basic Electricity -  Direct Current
Basic Electricity - Alternating Current
Engines - Inboards
Engines - Outboard Weights
Emergency engine shut off -Kill Switch
Environmental
Ethanol (pdf)
Exemptions/Equivalency
Exhaust Systems

F:

Federal Regulations
Fiberglass on Wood (pdf)
Flotation
Flotation - Basic 
Flotation -Level
Flotation - Modified
Fuel Systems (Gasoline)
Fuel Systems (LPG & CNG)

G:

Generators - Portable Gensets (pdf)

H:

Horsepower
Hot Topics
Hull Identification Numbers
Hull Identification Numbers Simplified

I:

Ike's List Links to boat building sites
Ike's List Electrical Links
Ike's List- Links and Books For Kids
Inflatables
International Standards (ISO)

J:

 

K:

Kayaks
Kids, Links to Books and Videos
Kill Switch (Emergency engine shut off)

L:

Labels
Legal Considerations
Links to other boatbuilding sites
Links to Electrical Sites for Boatbuilders
Links to Books and Videos For Kids
Lightning Protection
LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas
Load

M:

Manufacturers Identification Codes-MICs
Marine Engines
Marine Sanitation Devices
Myths

N:

Navigation Lights (Lights on  boats)

O:

Outboard Engine Weights

P:

Planning - Electrical System
Pontoon Boats
Production Management
Propane
Propulsion: Electric

Q:

Quality - Control

R:

Recalls
Regulations

S:

Safe Loading
Safety History
Sailboats
Shift interrupter Switch
Solar Power
Stability (pdf)
Stainless Steel Boats (Word Doc)
Standards, ABYC
Standards Societies
Start-In-Gear Protection

T:

Tanks, Fuel
Toilets, Marine Sanitation Devices

U:

Uninspected Commercial Vessels

V:

Ventilation

W:

Warranties: (Business of Boat Building)
Wind Power
Wire Size
Wiring Color Codes
Wiring your Boat

X:

Y:

Z:

American Boat And Yacht Council  Boat Design Net  Wooden Boat Foundation

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