---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.565"
title: "46"
number: "108.565"
heading: "Stowage of rescue boats."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.565"
---

# §108.565. Stowage of rescue boats.

- (a) Rescue boats must be stowed as follows:
  - (1) Each rescue boat must be ready for launching in not more than 5 minutes.
  - (2) Each rescue boat must be in a position suitable for launching and recovery.
  - (3) Each rescue boat must be stowed in a way that neither the rescue boat nor its stowage arrangements will interfere with the operation of any survival craft at any other launching station.
  - (4) Each rescue boat that is also a lifeboat, must be in compliance with [§ 108.530](/cfr/46/108.530.md).
- (b) Each rescue boat must be provided a means for recharging the rescue boat batteries from the unit's power supply at a supply voltage not exceeding 50 volts.
- (c) Each inflated rescue boat must be kept fully inflated at all times.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52814, Oct. 1, 1998]

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### 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 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52814, Oct. 1, 1998]