Boat capacity label missing

scryle205

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New to iboats and have a question. I am refurbishing a Riviera Cruiser and can find anything telling me the capacity of the boat or the other specifications. Does anyone know where I might find them. Its an 82 model is all I know.
 

alldodge

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Re: Boat capacity label missing

New to iboats and have a question. I am refurbishing a Riviera Cruiser and can find anything telling me the capacity of the boat or the other specifications. Does anyone know where I might find them. Its an 82 model is all I know.

:welcome: to iboats

Here is a link to different Riviera Cruisers. There is not much info but does provide some basics
1982 Riviera Cruiser Other Models
 

scryle205

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Re: Boat capacity label missing

Thanks! Ours is a 20ft and has a 90hp motor on it which probably isn't the original.
 

dwco5051

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Re: Boat capacity label missing

Pennsylvania and USCG Regulations;

A capacity plate is required on all monohull (single hull) boats, less than 20 feet in length, designed to
carry two or more persons and propelled by machinery or oars as their main source of power.
Boats exempt from having to display a capacity plate include pontoon boats sailboats, canoes,
kayaks, inflatables, hydroplanes, personal watercraft, and boats considered by the Commission
to be of unusual or unique design.


Your pontoon likely never had a capacity plate.
 

ahicks

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Re: Boat capacity label missing

I've had a couple of Crest boats of that vintage or maybe a little older, and those plates are/were located on the console? If that's been replaced, the plate is likely gone...
 

Rancherlee

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Re: Boat capacity label missing

Just check with your state, some states have laws/rules on capacity plates that are stricter than the Coast Guard rules.
 
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