---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.18"
title: "33"
number: "401.18"
heading: "Steering lights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.18"
---

# §401.18. Steering lights.


Every vessel shall be equipped with:

- (a) A steering light located on the centerline at or near the stem of the vessel and clearly visible from the helm; or
- (b) Two steering lights located at equal distances either side of the centerline at the forepart of the vessel and clearly visible from the bridge along a line parallel to the keel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 30935, Aug. 2, 1984]

### 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

[49 FR 30935, Aug. 2, 1984]