RULES FOR
CONDITIONS OF CLASSIFICATION – HIGH-SPEED
CRAFT
2017
NOTICE NO. 1 – March 2017
The following Rule Changes to Part 1 were approved by the ABS Classification Committee on
23 February 2017 with the implementation date; EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 MARCH 2017.
(See http://www.eagle.org for the consolidated version of the 2017 Rules for Conditions of Classification – High-
Speed Craft, with all Notices and Corrigenda incorporated.)
Notes - The date in the parentheses means the date that the Rule becomes effective for new construction based
on the contract date for construction, unless otherwise noted. (See 1-1-4/3.3.)
PART 1 RULES FOR CONDITIONS OF CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND CONDITIONS OF CLASSIFICATION
SECTION 1 CLASSIFICATION
7 Scope of Classification (1 March 2017)
(Revise last paragraph of Subsection 1-1-1/7, as follows. Preceding text remains unchanged.)
The Rules and Guides are published with the understanding that responsibility for stability and trim, for
reasonable handling and loading, as well as for avoidance of distributions of weight which are likely to set up
abnormally severe stresses in craft does not rest upon ABS. For craft not receiving an OE notation as indicated
in Section 1-1-3 (see 1-1-3/Table B), the design significant wave height is not to exceed the values in
3-2-2/Table 1.
PART 1 RULES FOR CONDITIONS OF CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND CONDITIONS OF CLASSIFICATION
SECTION 6 SUBMISSION OF PLANS
(Add new Subsection 1-1-6/11, as follows:)
11 Plan Submittal (1 March 2017)
The party requesting ABS’s review or approval of plans or information represents and warrants that (a) it
owns all rights, title and interest in and to any submitted material and all intellectual property rights
corresponding thereto or that (b) it has the authority to disclose the submitted material and all intellectual
property rights corresponding thereto on behalf of the owner(s) of the submitted material.
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