---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 178.410"
title: "46"
number: "178.410"
heading: "Drainage of flush deck vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/178.410"
---

# §178.410. Drainage of flush deck vessels.

- (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 flush deck vessel 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, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51357, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51357, Sept. 30, 1997]