33 CFR §183.25

1. (a)Each marking required by § 183.23 must be permanently displayed in a legible manner where it is clearly visible to the operator when getting the boat underway.
2. (b)The information required by § 183.23 must be displayed in the following manner:
   1. (1)For outboard boats:
   2. (2)For inboard boats and inboard-outboard boats:
   3. (3)For boats rated for motors of 2 horsepower or less:
   4. (4)For boats rated for manual propulsion:
3. (c)The capacity information displays required in paragraph (b) must meet the following as illustrated in Figure 183.25:
   1. (1)The capacity information required in § 183.23 must be displayed within a yellow area that—
      1. (i)Is at least 4 inches wide; and
      2. (ii)Is high enough that each line of print is separated by at least 1/8 inch from each other and from the borders of the yellow area;
   2. (2)The persons capacity in whole numbers must be black print with the following dimensions:
      1. (i)The height must not be smaller than one-half inch;
      2. (ii)The width of the numbers must be three-fifths of the height except for the number “4”, which shall be one stroke width wider, and the number “1”, which shall be one stroke in width;
      3. (iii)The stroke width shall be one-sixth of the height; and
      4. (iv)The minimum space between the numbers shall be one stroke width.
   3. (3)The words in the line “XX Persons or XXX Pounds” must be at least one-quarter inch in height but not larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number and of a color contrasting with yellow. The number of pounds in this line must be at least one-eighth inch in height but no larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number and of a color contrasting with yellow.
   4. (4)All remaining words and numbers required to be within the yellow area required in paragraph (c)(1) must be at least one-eighth inch in height, but no larger than one-half the height of the persons capacity number.
   5. (5)All other words and numbers on the displays must be located outside the yellow area on a background color which contrasts with yellow.
   6. (6)The words “Maximum Capacities” must be at least one-quarter inch in height and of color contrasting with its background.
   7. (7)The words “U.S. Coast Guard” must be at least one-eighth inch in height and of color contrasting with its background.