Boat Capacity VS Available Seating And The …（船容量和可用的座位和u2026）.pdf

NEW BOATBUILDERS HOME PAGE Disclaimer: I am not a spokesperson for the US Coast Guard or ABYC. For an official interpretation of regulations or standards you must contact the US Coast Guard or other organization referenced.. More Boat Capacity VS Available Seating And The Formula For Persons Recently I have seen many questions on boating forums regarding how persons capacity is calculated for boats, the USCG Capacity label, and how the capacity label is related to the label that shows safe seating. Some forum commenters have suggested the use of a formula, length times beam divided by 15, (L X B / 15), to determine the number of persons. Some have suggested that this could be used on any boat to determine the correct number of passengers. This formula, L X B/15, has been around a long, long, time. I have traced it as far back as the 1940’s. In the boating world, that is ancient. It has shown up in a lot of well respected boating publications, books, and even in the US Coast Guard Boatbuilders Handbook. It is not the formula that boat manufacturers and builders are required to use to determine persons capacity for recreational boats, or for commercial passenger carrying boats. The formula is a rule of thumb. It is only meant to be used as a rough estimate. It is in the handbook only as a way to estimate the number of passengers. It is also only intended for use with small mono-hull boats, usually outboard powered but it has been used for small inboards. It should never be used for boats more than 25 or 26 feet in length. It is simply not applicable to larger boats. The USCG, ABYC, Canada and ISO all rate capacity for boats under 20 feet (6m) the same way. It is not based on a specific weight of a person such as 150 or 160 pounds. Capacity on small boats is based on displacement w