---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.311"
title: "33"
number: "149.311"
heading: "What are the launching and recovery requirements for lifeboats?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.311"
---

# §149.311. What are the launching and recovery requirements for lifeboats?

- (a) Each lifeboat launched by falls must have a launching and recovery system that complies with [46 CFR 108.555](/cfr/46/108.555.md).
- (b) Each free-fall lifeboat must have a launching and recovery system that complies with [46 CFR 108.557](/cfr/46/108.557.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.