---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.511"
title: "33"
number: "150.511"
heading: "What are the operational testing requirements for lifeboat and rescue boat release gear?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.511"
---

# §150.511. What are the operational testing requirements for lifeboat and rescue boat release gear?

- (a) Lifeboat and rescue boat release gear must be operationally tested under a load of 1.1 times the total mass of the lifeboat or rescue boat when loaded with its full complement of persons and equipment.
- (b) The test must be conducted whenever the lifeboat, rescue boat, or its release gear is overhauled, or at least once every 5 years.
- (c) The Sector Commander, or MSU Commander, with COTP and OCMI authority may consider alternate operational test procedures to those under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39182, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39182, July 1, 2013]