---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.527"
title: "46"
number: "169.527"
heading: "Required equipment for lifeboats."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.527"
---

# §169.527. Required equipment for lifeboats.

- (a) All lifeboats must be equipped in accordance with table 1 to [46 CFR 199.175](/cfr/46/199.175.md) except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) The following equipment must be carried in addition to the equipment required under [46 CFR 199.175](/cfr/46/199.175.md):
  - (1) Cover;
  - (2) Ditty bag; and
  - (3) **Mast and sail.**
- (c) If operating on protected waters, lifeboat equipment need only to consist of the following:
  - (1) **Boathook—**
  - (1) ;
  - (2) **Bucket—**
  - (1) ;
  - (3) **Fire extinguisher—**
  - (2) U.S. Coast Guard-approved Type B:C (motor propelled lifeboats only);
  - (4) **Hatchet—**
  - (1) ;
  - (5) **Lifeline—**
  - (1) ;
  - (6) **Oar unit—**
  - (1) ;
  - (7) **Painter—**
  - (1) ;
  - (8) **Plug—**
  - (1) ;
  - (9) **Oarlock unit—**
  - (1) ; and
  - (10) **Toolkit (motor propelled lifeboats only).**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0107, 87 FR 68306, Nov. 14, 2022; 88 FR 51737, Aug. 4, 2023]

### 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

[USCG-2020-0107, 87 FR 68306, Nov. 14, 2022; 88 FR 51737, Aug. 4, 2023]