---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.529"
title: "46"
number: "169.529"
heading: "Description of lifeboat equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.529"
---

# §169.529. Description of lifeboat equipment.

- (a) All lifeboat equipment must meet the requirements under [46 CFR 199.175](/cfr/46/199.175.md), except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) The following equipment, carried in addition to the equipment required under [46 CFR 199.175](/cfr/46/199.175.md), must meet the following requirements:
  - (1) **Cover, protecting.** The cover must be of highly visible color and capable of protecting the occupants against exposure. A cover is not required for fully enclosed lifeboats.
  - (2) **Ditty bag.** The ditty bag must consist of a canvas bag or equivalent and must contain a sailmaker's palm, needles, sail twine, marline, and marlin spike, except that motor-propelled lifeboats need not carry a ditty bag.
  - (3) **Mast and sail.** A unit, consisting of a standing lug sail together with the necessary spars and rigging, must be provided in accordance with table 1 to this section, except that motor-propelled lifeboats need not carry a mast or sails. The sails must be of good quality canvas, or other material acceptable to the Commandant, colored Indian Orange (Cable No. 70072, Standard Color Card of America; incorporated by reference, see [§ 169.115](/cfr/46/169.115.md)). Rigging must consist of galvanized wire rope not less than 3/16-inch in diameter. The mast and sail must be protected by a suitable cover.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0107, 87 FR 68306, Nov. 14, 2022]

### 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]