---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.201"
title: "46"
number: "108.201"
heading: "Size of sleeping spaces."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.201"
---

# §108.201. Size of sleeping spaces.

- (a) No sleeping space may berth more than four persons, except that a sleeping space for personnel not regularly employed on a unit may berth up to six persons if the space meets [§ 108.199](/cfr/46/108.199.md) and berthing of six persons in that space is authorized by the Commandant (CG-OES).
- (b) Without deducting any equipment used by the occupants, each sleeping space must have for each occupant—
  - (1) 2.8 square meters (approximately 30 square feet) of deck area; and
  - (2) 6 cubic meters (approximately 210 cubic feet) of volume.
- (c) Each sleeping space must have at least 191 centimeters (approximately 6 feet 3 inches) of headroom over clear deck areas.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50465, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50730, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49233, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59781, Oct. 1, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50465, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50730, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49233, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59781, Oct. 1, 2012]