---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.13"
title: "33"
number: "401.13"
heading: "Hand lines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.13"
---

# §401.13. Hand lines.


Hand lines shall:

- (a) Be made of material acceptable to the Manager and the Corporation;
- (b) Be of uniform thickness and have a diameter of not less than 12 mm and not more than 18 mm and a minimum length of 30 m; and
- (c) **Not be weighted or have knotted ends.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 12659, Mar. 6, 2014; 81 FR 13746, Mar. 15, 2016; 90 FR 1882, Jan. 10, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 12659, Mar. 6, 2014; 81 FR 13746, Mar. 15, 2016; 90 FR 1882, Jan. 10, 2025]