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Thursday, September 6, 1973
WARNING ON UNLICENSED CRAFT PLYING FOR HIRE
The Acting Director of Marine, Mr. M.J. Alexander, today warned
members of the public against paying for trips on pleasure craft because
the boats were not surveyed or licensed for this purpose.
"Pleasure vessels," he said, "are not subject to aurvey in respect
of the hull, machinery and life-saving and fire-fighting appliances, as are
commercially operated launches, neither are inspections made to determine
the maximum number of people they may safely carry."
He explained that for identification purposes, the name of a
commercial boat, together with a number followed by the letter "P" which shows its passenger carrying capacity, was painted on the stern and on both
sides of the bow.
"Only vessels showing a number with the letter "P" as a suffix are
licensed to carry passengers," Mr. Alexander said.
A pleasure launch, on the other hand, will have a licence number
without the letter "P" attached.
on each bow.
It may or may not have its name painted
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