---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 180.204"
title: "46"
number: "180.204"
heading: "Survival craft—vessels operating on coastwise routes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/180.204"
---

# §180.204. Survival craft—vessels operating on coastwise routes.

- (a) Except as allowed by [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, each vessel constructed of wood certificated to operate on a coastwise route in cold water must either:
  - (1) Be provided with inflatable buoyant apparatus of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 67% of the total number of persons permitted on board; or
  - (2) Meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in [§ 179.310](/cfr/46/179.310.md) of this chapter or [§ 171.085](/cfr/46/171.085.md) in subchapter S of this chapter and the standards for subdivision in §§ [179.220](/cfr/46/179.220.md) and [179.320](/cfr/46/179.320.md) of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability in §§ [171.070 through 171.073](/cfr/46/171.070..171.073.md) and [171.080](/cfr/46/171.080.md) in subchapter S of this chapter, as appropriate, and be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (b) Each vessel constructed of a material other than wood certificated to operate on a coastwise route in cold water must be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (c) Except as allowed by [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, each vessel certificated to operate on a coastwise route in warm water must be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
- (d) Each vessel certificated to operate on a coastwise route within three miles of land must either:
  - (1) Be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total number of persons permitted on board; or
  - (2) Meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in [§ 179.310](/cfr/46/179.310.md) of this subchapter or [§ 171.085](/cfr/46/171.085.md) in subchapter S of this chapter, and the standards for subdivision in §§ [179.220](/cfr/46/179.220.md) and [179.320](/cfr/46/179.320.md) of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability in §§ [171.070 through 171.073](/cfr/46/171.070..171.073.md) and [171.080](/cfr/46/171.080.md) in subchapter S of this chapter, as appropriate, and be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 50% of the total number of persons permitted on board.
  - (3) Have on board a FCC Type Accepted Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate, and be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 50% of the total number of persons permitted on board.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20557, May 7, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2104, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20557, May 7, 1996]