---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 171.140"
title: "46"
number: "171.140"
heading: "Drainage of a flush deck vessel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/171.140"
---

# §171.140. Drainage of a flush deck vessel.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the weather deck on a flush deck vessel must be watertight and have no obstruction to overboard drainage.
- (b) Each vessel with a flush deck may have solid bulwarks in the forward one-third length of the vessel if—
  - (1) The bulwarks do not form a well enclosed on all sides; and
  - (2) **The foredeck of the vessel has sufficient sheer to ensure drainage aft.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 62 FR 51354, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51017, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 62 FR 51354, Sept. 30, 1997]