---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 133.140"
title: "46"
number: "133.140"
heading: "Stowage of rescue boats."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/133.140"
---

# §133.140. 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.
- (b) Each rescue boat must be provided a means for recharging the rescue boat batteries from the OSV'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

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.