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Life Saving Equipment
| Type
Required |
Only Type I
life preservers with Coast Guard Approval Numbers
160.002, 160.005 and 160.055 are approved for all
passenger carrying vessels. |
| Quantity
Required |
One adult
type life preserver is required for each person aboard
the vessel.
In addition, unless the service is such that children are
never carried, there shall be provided a number of
approved life preservers suitable for children
equal to at least 10% of the number of adult life
preservers required to be carried. If the number
of children carried exceeds the 10% number, then
additional child size life jackets must be carried so
that each child has an appropriate size life preserver.
A child is any person weighing less than 90 lbs.
In addition to those required above, all vessels on an
international voyage while carrying more than 12
passengers shall be provided with approved type life
preservers for 5% of the persons carried. |
| Markings |
Each life
preserver must be marked with the vessel's name. |
| Reflective
Material |
Each life
preserver must have at least 31 square inches of
reflective material attached on its front side, and 31
square inches on its back side, and the same
corresponding material on each of its reversible sides. |
| Lights |
Vessels with
oceans or coastwise routes are required to have a light
attached to each life preserver. The light must meet CG
approval number 161.012.
If the light is battery powered the battery must be
changed when the battery date has expired or if not
marked shall be changed annually at each COI or
Reinspection. |
| Whistles |
Vessels with
international routes are also required to carry a
whistle. The whistle must be SOLAS approved. A vessel on
an international voyage is a vessel that makes trips to
another country, such as Canada. |
| Stowage |
Life
preservers shall be distributed throughout the
accommodation spaces in protected places convenient to
the persons on board.
Each stowage container must not be capable of being
locked. If practicable the container must be designed to
allow the life jackets to float free.
If life jackets are stowed more than 7 feet above the
deck, a means for quick release of operation by a person
standing on the deck must be provided.
If life preservers are not readily visible to the
passengers, the containers in which they are stowed shall
be marked "Life Preservers" with the number
contained therein, in at least 1-inch letters.
Children's life jackets must be labeled and stowed
separate from adult life preservers, so that child life
jackets are not mistaken for adult life jackets. |
Survival Craft 46 CFR 180.200 - 180.208
| Type
Required |
A sufficient
number of life floats or inflatable buoyant apparatus
must be carried as required by the chart below.
Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus and Life Floats are required
to be marked with CG Approval numbers. Inflatable life
rafts of 6 person or greater can be substituted for
either. |
Quantity Required
Route
|
Water Temp
|
Vessel Constructed
of
|
With or Without
Subdivision
|
Floatfree 406
EPRIB
|
Survival Craft
Required
|
Oceans
|
cold
water
|
--------
|
without
|
------
|
100% Inflatable
Buoyant Apparatus
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| with
|
-------
|
100% Life Floats
|
warm
water
|
--------
|
--------
|
-------
|
67% Inflatable
Buoyant Apparatus
|
Coastwise
|
cold
water
|
wood
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without
|
-------
|
67% Inflatable
Buoyant Apparatus
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with
|
-------
|
100% Life Floats
|
other
than wood
|
------
|
------
|
100% Life Floats
|
warm
water
|
-------
|
--------
|
-------
|
100% Life Floats
|
Coastwise
Not more than 3 miles from shore |
-----
|
------
|
without
|
without
|
100% Life Floats
|
with
|
50% Life Floats
|
with
|
------
|
50% Life Floats
|
Limited
Coastwise
|
cold
water
|
wood
|
without
|
|
67% Inflatable
Buoyant Apparatus
|
with
|
|
100% Life Floats
|
other
than wood
|
--------
|
|
100% Life Floats
|
warm
water
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------
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---------
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50% Life Floats
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Limited Coastwise Not
more than 3 miles from shore
|
cold
water
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-----
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without
|
without
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100% Life Floats
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with
|
50% Life Floats
|
with
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50% Life Floats
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warm
water
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-----
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without
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50% Life Floats
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None
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with
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None
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Lakes, Bays, and
Sounds
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cold
water
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wood
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without
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-------
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100% Life Floats
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with
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-------
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50% Life Floats
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other
than wood
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----
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------
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50% Life Floats
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warm
water
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-----
|
-----
|
-----
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None
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Not more than 1 mile from shore
|
-------
|
-------
|
--------
|
--------
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None
|
Rivers
|
cold
water
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-------
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without
|
------
|
50% Life Floats
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with
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------
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None
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warm
water
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------
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------
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------
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None
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Survival Craft Equipment
and Identification
| Vessels on
International Routes |
Vessels on
international routes are required to have life rafts or
inflatable buoyant apparatus of sufficient total capacity
to carry 100% of the persons on board. |
| Wooden
Vessel |
Wooden
vessel, for the purposes of subdivision and lifesaving
equipment requirements in this section , a
traditionally-built, plank-on-frame vessel, where
mechanical fasteners (screws, nails, trunnels) are used
to maintain hull integrity. |
| Markings |
Each life
float or inflatable buoyant apparatus must be marked with
the vessel's name and number of persons allowed on each.
They shall be conspicuously marked or painted in letters
and numbers at least 1-1/2 inches high. |
| Paddles |
Each life
float must be provided with two paddles not less than 4
feet long and must be lashed to the life float to which
they belong. |
| Water
Light |
Each life
float must be fitted with a water light, CG approval
161.010. It must be attached with a 12 thread manila or
equivalent synthetic lanyard, at least 18 feet long. |
| Painter |
Each life
float or inflatable buoyant apparatus must be fitted with
a painter 100 feet long.
• The painter must have a breaking strength of at
least 1500 lbs. If the capacity of the life float
or inflatable buoyant apparatus is 50 persons or more,
the breaking strength must be at least 3,000 lbs.
• If synthetic, the painter must be of a dark color
and certified to be resistant to deterioration from
ultraviolet light.
• The painter must be stowed in such a way that it
runs out freely when the life float or inflatable buoyant
apparatus floats freely away from the sinking vessel.
Note that if the vessel carries more than one life float,
they may be grouped together to a single painter provided
the combined weight of each group does not exceed 400
lbs. Each life float must be attached to the painter with
line of equivalent strength as that required for the
painter and of sufficient length so that each can float
without contacting another life float. |
| Weak Link |
The painter
must be attached to the vessel with a weak link of the
proper strength for the size of the life float(s) or
inflatable buoyant apparatus. |
| Annual
Servicing |
Inflatable
Buoyant Apparatus are required to be serviced by an
authorized servicing facility annually. |
Ring Life Buoys 46 CFR 180.70
| Type
Required |
Ring life
buoys must meet CG approval 160.050. Those ring life
buoys used on an oceans or coastwise route must be
orange.
All ring life buoys must be a minimum of 24 inches in
diameter, except that vessels less than 26 feet long may
use one ring life buoy of not less than 20 inches in
diameter. |
| Quantity |
A vessel of
not more than 65 feet in length is required to carry one
ring life buoy. The ring life buoy must have attached a
buoyant line.
A vessel greater than 65 feet in length is required to
carry 3 ring life buoys, one shall be fitted with a
buoyant line. |
| Markings |
Each ring
life buoy must be marked with the name of the vessel.
Each ring life buoy must be marked with retro-reflective
material. |
| Water
Lights |
Each vessel
must carry one water light which meets CG approval
160.010, unless the vessel is restricted to daylight
operations.
Each water light must have a lanyard attaching it around
the body of the ring life buoy of at least 3 feet and no
longer than 6 feet.
On a vessel carrying only one ring life buoy, the water
light must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion
resistant clip. The clip must have a strength of at least
50 pounds, to allow the waterlight to be quickly
disconnected from the ring buoy. |
| Buoyant
Line |
The buoyant
line attached to the ring buoy must be :
• At least 60 feet in length
• Buoyant
• Non-kinking
• A diameter of at least 5/16"
• A breaking strength of at least 1,124 pounds
• A dark color if synthetic, or of a type certified
to be resistant to deterioration from ultraviolet light. |
| Stowage |
Ring life
buoys must be stowed so as to:
• Be readily accessible
• Be stowed in a way that is can be rapidly cast
loose
• Not be permanently secured in any way. |
Pyrotechnic Distress
Signals 46 CFR 180.68
| General
Requirements |
Pyrotechnic
distress signals are required on all small passenger
vessels, except those on short runs of less than 30
minutes. Pyrotechnic signals are
marked with an expiration date and must be replaced at
the first COI or reinspection after the date the flare
has expired.
|
| Number
Required |
Vessels on
Lakes, Bays and Sounds, or Rivers routes are required, 3
hand red flare distress signals, and 3 orange smoke
distress signals.
Vessels on Oceans or Coastwise routes are required to
carry, 6 hand red flare distress signals, and 6 orange
smoke distress signals.
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| Stowage
Requirements |
The flares
are required to be stored in a portable watertight
container of bright color, marked in legible contrasting
color in at least 1/2" letters "DISTRESS
SIGNALS".
As an alternative the signals may be stored in a
pyrotechnic locker located above the freeboard deck, away
from heat, in the vicinity of the operating station. |
Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) 46
CFR 180.64
General
Requirements
|
Vessels that
operate on the high seas, or that operate beyond three
mile from the coastline must have on board a Category I,
406 EPIRB.
The battery installed in the EPIRB must be replaced on or
before its expiration date.
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Stowage
Requirements
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The EPIRB
must be stowed in a location:
• in the armed position,
• readily accessible for testing and use,
• installed so it will automatically float free and
activate.
If a hydrostatic release is provided as the float free
device it must be changed when expired.
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Markings
|
The EPIRB
must be clearly marked with the vessels name.
A NOAA registration sticker must be affixed to the EPIRB.
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Rescue Boat 46 CFR 180.210
General
Requirements
|
Vessels
greater than 65 feet in length are required to have a
rescue boat unless it is determined that:
• The vessel is sufficiently equipped to allow the
crew to recover a helpless person from the water.
• Recovery of a helpless person can be observed from
the operating station.
• The vessel does not regularly engage in
operations hat restrict its maneuverability.
Vessels of not more than 65 feet are not required to
carry a rescue boat unless:
• The vessel carries passengers on an open or
partially enclosed deck; and
• The OCMI determines that the vessel is designed,
arranged, or involved in operations so that the vessel
itself cannot serve as an adequate rescue craft.
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