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CLASS A. Less than 16 feet in length.
CLASS 1. 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in length.
CLASS 2. 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in length.
CLASS 3. 40 feet or over and not more than 65 feet in length.
(b) Motorboat lights. Every motorboat in all weathers from sunset to sunrise shall carry and exhibit the following lights when underway, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for those prescribed shall be exhibited:
(1) Every motorboat of Classes A and 1 shall carry the following lights:
First. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon.
Second. A combined light in the fore part of the vessel and lower than the white light aft, showing green to
starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o) abaft the beam on their respective sides.
(2) Every motorboat of Classes 2 and 3 shall carry the following lights:
First. A bright white light in the fore part of the vessel as near the stem as practicable, so constructed as to show the unbroken light over an arc of the horizon
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of twenty points (225o) of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points (112-1/2o) on each side of the vessel, namely from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o) abaft the beam on either side.
Second. A bright white light aft to show all around the horizon and higher than the white light forward.
Third. On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points (112-1/2o) of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o) abaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points (112-1/2o) of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points (22-1/2o) abaft the beam on the port side. The side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens so set as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
(3) Motorboats of Classes A and 1 when propelled by sail alone shall exhibit the combined light prescribed by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and a twelve point (135o) white light aft. Motorboats of Classes 2 and 3, when so propelled, shall exhibit the colored side lights, suitably screened as prescribed by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and a twelve point (135o) white light aft.
(4) Every white light prescribed by this Section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least two (2) miles. Every colored light prescribed by this Section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least one (1) mile. The word visible in this Subsection, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere.
(5) When propelled by sail and machinery every motorboat shall carry the lights required by this Section for a motorboat propelled by machinery only.
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(c) Light on manually propelled vessels. Manually propelled vessels shall carry, ready at hand, a lantern or flashlight showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to avert collision.
(d) International lights. Any vessel may carry and exhibit the lights required by the Federal Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1960, Federal Act of September 24, 1963 (33
USC 1051-1053) and (1061-1064) as amended, in lieu of the lights required by Subsection (b) of this Section.
(e) Lights on vessels over 65 feet and those propelled solely by wind. All other vessels over 65 feet in length and those propelled solely by wind effect on the sail shall display lights prescribed by Federal regulations.
(f) Whistle. Every motorboat of Class 1, 2 or 3, shall be provided with an efficient whistle or other sound producing mechanical appliance capable of producing signals required for the prevention of collisions.
(g) Bell. Every motorboat of Class 2 or 3, shall be provided with an efficient bell.
(h) Lifesaving devices. Every vessel shall carry at least one (1) U.S. Coast Guard approved lifesaving device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the Guam Police Department for each person on board, so placed as to be readily accessible; provided that every motorboat carrying passengers for hire shall carry, so placed as to be readily accessible, at least one (1) U.S. Coast Guard approved life preserver of the sort prescribed by regulations of the Department of Public Safety for each person on board. All lifesaving devices shall be in good and serviceable condition.
(i) Fire extinguishers. Every motorboat shall be provided with such number, size and type of U.S. Coast Guard approved fire extinguishers capable of promptly and effectually extinguishing burning gasoline, as may be prescribed by the regulations of the Guam Police Department which fire extinguishers shall be at all times kept in condition for immediate and effective use and so placed as to be readily accessible.
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(j) Equipment exemptions in authorized races. The provisions of Subsections (f), (g) and (i) of this Section shall not apply to motorboats while competing in any race conducted pursuant to § 69121 of this Chapter or, if such boats be designed and intended solely for racing, while engaged in such navigation as is incidental to the tuning up of the boats and engines for the race.
(k) Flame arrestor. Every motorboat shall have the carburetor or carburetors of every engine therein except outboard motors using gasoline as fuel, equipped with such efficient USCG approved flame arrestor, backfire trap, or other similar device as may be prescribed by the regulations of the Guam Police Department.
(l) Ventilation. Every such motorboat and every such vessel, except open boats as defined by the regulations of the Guam Police Department, using as fuel any liquid of a volatile nature, shall be provided with such means as may be prescribed by the regulations of the Guam Police Department for properly and efficiently ventilating the bilges of the engine and fuel tank compartments so as to remove any explosive or flammable gases.
(m) Authority for regulations. The Guam Police Department is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations required to carry out in the most effective manner all of the provisions of this Section and to modify the equipment requirements contained in this Section to the extent necessary to keep these requirements in conformity with the provisions of the Federal Navigation Laws or with the navigation rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard and to prescribe additional equipment requirements not in conflict with Federal Navigation Laws.
(n) Pilot rules. For the operation of vessels on the waters of this Territory, the Guam Police Department is hereby authorized to establish and maintain for the operation of vessels on the waters of this Territory pilot rules in conformity with the pilot rules contained in the Federal Navigation Laws or the navigation rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard.
(o) Prohibition against operation of improperly equipped vessel. No person shall operate or give permission for the
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operation of a vessel which is not equipped as required by this Act or the rules and regulations of the Guam Police Department made pursuant thereto.
SOURCE: GC § 8995.14, as renumbered by P.L. 15-54.