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Southeast SNAME Hears

USCG Boat Standards

Paper At Fall Meeting

The fall meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers Southeast Section was held on October 1, 1971, at the

Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami, Fla.

Over 75 members and guests at- tended the dinner and technical session which followed. Section chairman Frank C. De Grim pre- sided over the business meeting and ex-chairman Robert W. Hobbs led the technical session.

Comdr. Richard Brooks, USCG,

Chief of the Boating Standards Di- vision, Office of Boating Safety,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Washington, D.C., presented a pa- per on the subject titled "The

Coast Guard Boating Standards

Program," and led the lively dis- cussion which followed.

In his paper, Commander Brooks reviewed the history of recreation- al !boat standards and Federal leg- islation in the United States, sup- plemented with statistics of the in- dustry, covering the production and accident record leading to the present Coast Guard involvement.

The need for comprehensive stand- ards covering load capacity, safe powering, flotation, fire and explo- sion, and lifesaving devices on al- most all water craft was presented, with accent upon the manufactur- er's responsibility in the new stand- ards being prepared.

When four ship's high and dry, so are your assets.

Comdr. Richard Brooks

Commander Brooks stated that the 1970 Federal Boat Standards

Law specifies that the Coast Guard is authorized to prepare the stand- ards in question, administer their application, and assess necessary penalties for noncompliance. The new regulations are expected to be released in early 1972, and will in- clude a minimum standard cover- ing the particulars of construction and performance required to avoid safety defects, for which the man- ufacturer will be held responsible under the law.

Officers attending the meeting of the

Southeast Section in Miami, left to right, are: Edward L. Teale Jr., vice chairman of the Section; Frank C. De Grim, chairman, and James S. Krogen, secretary-treasurer.

On Saturday morning following the meeting, Jean E. Buhler, chair- man of the steering committee for the 1973 spring meeting of the So- ciety, which will be held at Disney

World, presided over a meeting of his committee.

The next meeting of the South- east Section is scheduled for Janu- ary in Jacksonville, Fla., with a visit to Rudolph F. Matzer's test- ing tank facility planned. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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