---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 95.015"
title: "33"
number: "95.015"
heading: "Operating a vessel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/95.015"
---

# §95.015. Operating a vessel.


For purposes of this part, an individual is considered to be operating a vessel when:

- (a) The individual has an essential role in the operation of a recreational vessel underway, including but not limited to navigation of the vessel or control of the vessel's propulsion system.
- (b) The individual is a crewmember (including an officer), pilot, or watchstander not a regular member of the crew, of a vessel other than a recreational vessel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987, as amended at USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; 46 U.S.C. 2302; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987, as amended at USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009]