Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 149.308 - What are the requirements for liferafts?

(a) Each liferaft must be an inflatable liferaft approved under approval series 160.151, or a rigid liferaft approved under approval series 160.118.

(b) Except as under § 149.305(b) of this subpart, each inflatable or rigid liferaft, boarded from a deck that is more than 4.5 meters (14.75 feet) above the water, must be davit-launched or served by a marine evacuation system complying with § 149.309 to this subpart.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504,1509; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1 (75)
source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 149.308