Personal Watercraft Insurance – Ventilation
Boats before August. 1, 1980: At least two ventilator ducts fitted with cowls or their equivalent for properly and efficiently ventilating the bilges of every closed engine and fuel-tank compartment on boats constructed or decked over after April 25, 1940, using gasoline as fuel or other fuels having a flash point of 110 degrees or less.
Boats built after August 1, 1980: At least two ventilator ducts for efficiently ventilating every closed compartment containing a gasoline engine and every secure compartment containing a gasoline tank, except those with permanently installed tanks vented outside the boat and containing no unprotected electrical devices. Also, engine compartments containing a gasoline engine with a cranking motor must have power-operated exhaust blowers that can be controlled from the instrument panel.
