---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 117.205"
title: "46"
number: "117.205"
heading: "Survival craft—vessels operating on limited coastwise routes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/117.205"
---

# §117.205. Survival craft—vessels operating on limited coastwise routes.

- (a) Except as allowed by paragraphs [(b)](#b), [(c)](#c) and [(d)](#d) of this section, each vessel certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route shall be provided with the survival craft required by [§§ 117.204 (a) through (d)](/cfr/46/117.204.md?p=a..d) of this part, as applicable.
- (b) Each vessel without overnight accommodations operating in cold water, between two points, with a set schedule on a specific route that maintains a 15 minute radio communications schedule with an operation base, may be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (c) Each vessel operating in warm water may be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 50% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (d) Each vessel certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route within three miles of land in warm water, and is equipped with an FCC type accepted Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB installed to float free and automatically activate, is not required to carry survival craft.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 911, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.