---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.235"
title: "33"
number: "183.235"
heading: "Level flotation test without weights for persons capacity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.235"
---

# §183.235. Level flotation test without weights for persons capacity.


When the conditions prescribed in § [183.220 (a)](/cfr/33/183.220.md?p=a) and [(d) through (h)](/cfr/33/183.220.md?p=d..h) 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

### Amendments

[CGD 77-145, 43 FR 56859, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-145, 43 FR 56859, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 64 FR 34716, June 29, 1999]