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Yacht, a vessel used primarily for pleasure purposes. S. 260 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, includes pleasure yachts in Part II. of the act, except certain provisions set out in s. 262. British yachts must be registered under the Act (see BRITISH SHIP), unless they do not exceed 15 tons net register and are employed solely in navigation in home alters or a British possession in which the managing owner resides (see s. 3, ibid.). Pleasure yachts are also exempt from the Load Line and Loading Provisions (Part II., ss. 40-67) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and (English) Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 9). The (English) Sea Regulations, 1910 (S.R. & O. 1910, p. 457), apply to sea-going yachts.