---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.225"
title: "33"
number: "183.225"
heading: "Flotation test for persons capacity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.225"
---

# §183.225. Flotation test for persons capacity.


Flotation standard. When the conditions prescribed in [§ 183.220](/cfr/33/183.220.md) are met, the boat must float in fresh, calm water as follows:

- (a) **The angle of heel does not exceed 10 degrees from the horizontal.**
- (b) **Any point on either the forward or aft reference area is above the surface of the water.**
- (c) The reference depth at the reference area that is opposite the reference area that is above the surface of the water is 6 inches or less.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 75-168, 42 FR 20243, Apr. 18, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.