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tomca

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I let the rego run out on my boat before Christmas because I never use it.

Had a change of heart and reregistered it during the week.

Today I went to Bias Boating Warehouse and noticed the capacity labels on the counter. I never knew about these, and Qld Transport never mentioned it the other day, but without it attached to the ruabout i can get stung $200.

Maybe I have been living under a rock and everyone else knows about this, but those that don't, get one quick. Bias hands them out for free

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If you have a builders plate you dont need one. Builders plates also generally allow more occupants than the DOT calculation. (It didn't on Alex's little boat, but does on most boats, allowing generally 1 more).

You can also get them for free off the DOT web site, lost the link, but shouldn't be to hard to find.

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Feral,

Its an old hull and when I registered it the first time Qld Transport had to assign a hull id number because it didn't have a build plate on it.

Still, I'd be mega pixxed off if I copped a fine, especially when I consciously abide by the rules.

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Ah well you definately need the label then! Mine needs one as well. Remember when applying it, it has to be visible from the location you operate the boat from.

I have both a NSW and a Qld one. (Wasn't sure if the NSW one was legal in Qld at the time so bunged a Qld one on to be sure)

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Here is the link from the MSQ site.


/>http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Home/Safety/Capacity_labels/

I didnt think there was exemptions for capacity plates, and reading the site there isnt. They must be placed in a position that is viewable from each steering control position on all registerable recreational ships.

EDIT: On further reading the Builders Plate does count as a capacity label only if it is clearly viewable from the steering position. I dont know about others, but mine is in the engine well.

Begs the question though about bow mount electrics. The foot pads are a steering control postion, therefore shouldnt you be able to see a label from that position also?

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bootyinblue wrote:

Begs the question though about bow mount electrics. The foot pads are a steering control postion, therefore shouldnt you be able to see a label from that position also?

The instructions say label must be mounted within 1 metre of each control. But if its only got leccy power only, I guess it doesn't need to be registered, so does a leccy up the front count as control, when it doesn't control the outboard?

Study up on that for us Booty :P

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Interesting. About a year and a half ago I was pulled over by the water police for a safety check. Everything was fine except for when the officer asked if I had a capacity label I pointed to the stessl build plate (clearly visible from the drivers seat with the passenger capacity clearly stamped on it. He proceeded to inform me that the plate was not enough for boats under 6m and said I needed a capacity label as well. He was very nice and after a brief chat he let me off with a warning.

Was he mistaken or am I missing something here?

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Yeah I have one at each end of the boat. (Not that I need one anymore since downsizing my motor and deregistering the boat)

If you have a builders plate and need to put a capacity label on, remember to put the number on the label to match the builders plate, not what you calculate from the DoT formula.

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