---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.221"
title: "46"
number: "108.221"
heading: "Storm rails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.221"
---

# §108.221. Storm rails.


Each unit must have a storm rail in the following locations:

- (a) **On each deckhouse side that is normally accessible.**
- (b) On each side of each passageway that is wider than 1.83 meters (6 feet).
- (c) On at least one side of each passageway that is less than 1.83 meters (6 feet) wide.

## Notes

### 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.