---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 179.03"
title: "33"
number: "179.03"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/179.03"
---

# §179.03. Definitions.


Associated equipment as used in this part, means the following equipment as shipped, transferred, or sold from the place of manufacture and includes all attached parts and accessories:

- (1) **An inboard engine.**
- (2) **An outboard engine.**
- (3) **A stern drive unit.**
- (4) An inflatable personal flotation device approved under [46 CFR 160.076](/cfr/46/160.076.md).

  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.

  Manufacturer means any person engaged in—

- (1) The manufacture, construction, or assembly of boats or associated equipment;
- (2) The manufacture or construction of components for boats and associated equipment to be sold for subsequent assembly; or
- (3) **The importation into the United States for sale of boats, associated equipment, or components thereof.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13926, Mar. 28, 1996, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999; USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 4302, 4307, 4310, and 4311; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; 49 CFR 1.46.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-55R, 37 FR 15776, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13926, Mar. 28, 1996, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999; USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]