---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.103"
title: "46"
number: "169.103"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.103"
---

# §169.103. Applicability.

- (a) This subchapter applies to each domestic vessel operating as a sailing school vessel.
- (b) **This subchapter does not apply to—**
  - (1) Any vessel operating exclusively on inland waters, which are not navigable waters of the United States;
  - (2) Any vessel while laid up, dismantled, and out of service;
  - (3) Any vessel with title vested in the United States and which is used for public purposes except vessels of the U.S. Maritime Administration;
  - (4) Any vessel carrying one or more passengers;
  - (5) Any vessel operating under the authority of a current valid certificate of inspection issued per the requirements of [46 CFR chapter I](/cfr/46/chI.md), subchapter H or T, 46 CFR parts [70](/cfr/46/part70.md) through [78](/cfr/46/part78.md) and parts [175](/cfr/46/part175.md) through [187](/cfr/46/part187.md), respectively; or
  - (6) **Any foreign vessel.**
- (c) A vessel which engages in trade or commerce or carries one or more passengers, cannot operate under a certificate of inspection as a sailing school vessel, but must meet the rules and regulations governing the service in which it is engaged.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34799, May 15, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 169.117 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34799, May 15, 2002]