---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.549"
title: "46"
number: "169.549"
heading: "Ring lifebuoys and water lights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.549"
---

# §169.549. Ring lifebuoys and water lights.

- (a)
  - (1) The minimum number of life buoys and the minimum number to which water lights must be attached must be in accordance with the following table:
  - (2) One lifebuoy on each side of a vessel must have an attached line at least 15 fathoms in length.
- (b) All lifebuoys must be placed where they are readily accessible. They must be capable of being readily cast loose.
- (c)
  - (1) All ring lifebuoys must be approved under subpart [160.050](/cfr/46/subpart160.050.md) or [160.064](/cfr/46/subpart160.064.md) of this chapter and be international orange in color.
  - (2) Each water light must be approved under [subpart 161.010](/cfr/46/subpart161.010.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### 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.