---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 199.140"
title: "46"
number: "199.140"
heading: "Stowage of rescue boats."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/199.140"
---

# §199.140. Stowage of rescue boats.

- (a) **General.** Rescue boats must be stowed—
  - (1) **To be ready for launching in not more than 5 minutes.**
  - (2) In a position suitable for launching and recovery;
  - (3) In a way that neither the rescue boat nor its stowage arrangements will interfere with the operation of any survival craft at any other launching station; and
  - (4) If it is also a lifeboat, in compliance with the requirements of [§ 199.130](/cfr/46/199.130.md).
- (b) Each rescue boat must have a means provided for recharging the rescue boat batteries from the vessel's power supply at a supply voltage not exceeding 50 volts.
- (c) Each inflated rescue boat must be kept fully inflated at all times.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 1, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 1, 1998]