---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 177.03"
title: "33"
number: "177.03"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/177.03"
---

# §177.03. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) Boat means any vessel—
  - (1) Manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial use;
  - (2) Leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's noncommercial use; or
  - (3) Operated as an uninspected passenger vessel subject to the requirements of [46 CFR chapter I](/cfr/46/chI.md), subchapter C.
- (c) Coast Guard Boarding Officer means a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard having authority to board any vessel under the Act of August 4, 1949, 63 Stat. 502, as amended ([14 U.S.C. 522](/usc/14/522.md)).
- (d) Operator means the person who is in control or in charge of a boat while it is in use.
- (e) Use means operate, navigate, or employ.
- (f) **Vessel—** includes every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 72-71R, 37 FR 13347, July 7, 1972, as amended by CDG 84-099, 52 FR 47534, Dec. 14, 1987; USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58281, Sept. 18, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302, 4308, 4311; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-71R, 37 FR 13347, July 7, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 72-71R, 37 FR 13347, July 7, 1972, as amended by CDG 84-099, 52 FR 47534, Dec. 14, 1987; USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58281, Sept. 18, 2020]