Small craft definition

Small craft means a vessel, other than a tank ship or tank barge, that is less than 20 meters in length.
Small craft means a vessel whose length overall is less than 20 metres.
Small craft means vessels of less than 12 meters in length of any kind or type used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, vessels of any length used exclusively for private, non-commercial recreation and pleasure, and traditional canoes of any length, but not including:

Examples of Small craft in a sentence

  • Small craft described in Article 27 of the Second Convention shall be protected even if the notification envisaged by that Article has not been made.

  • Small craft may be equipped with an Inland AIS device, a Class A AIS device, or a Class B AIS device.

  • Small craft in tow or propelled in side-by-side formation shall carry by night an ordinary white light visible from all directions.

  • Small craft which appear to be matching the speed of the ship on a parallel or following course should always be treated with suspicion.

  • Small craft proceeding alone which are neither motorized nor under sail shall carry: By night: An ordinary white light visible from all directions.


More Definitions of Small craft

Small craft means a vessel of less than 10 meters in length.
Small craft means any vessel with a hull length less than 10 metres and less than 3 metres wide;
Small craft means a vessel of less than 70 metres length overall registered in terms of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951);
Small craft means a vessel of less than 24 metres of length, whether non self propelled, power-driven, manoeuvred by oars or poles or under sail, but does not include a vessel registered under the Fisheries Act, No. 22 of 2006.
Small craft means a vessel of under 1524 centimetres in length overall, a dug-out canoe or a dhow;
Small craft means a vessel that is not registered in Papua New Guinea or any other country and that is―
Small craft means every description of vessel not being a sea-going vessel or an Inland vessel, which is used for the conveyance by water of human beings or of property.