---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 26.03-1"
title: "46"
number: "26.03-1"
heading: "Safety orientation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/26.03-1"
---

# §26.03-1. Safety orientation.

- (a) Before getting underway on any uninspected passenger vessel, the operator or master must ensure that suitable public announcements, instructive placards, or both, are provided in a manner that affords all passengers the opportunity to become acquainted with:
  - (1) Stowage locations of life preservers;
  - (2) Proper method of donning and adjusting life preservers of the type(s) carried on the vessel;
  - (3) The type and location of all lifesaving devices carried on the vessel; and
  - (4) The location and contents of the Emergency Checkoff List required by [§ 26.03-2](/cfr/46/26.03-2.md).
- (b) Vessels subject to this subpart engaged in tender service at yacht clubs and marinas, and vessels being demonstrated for a potential purchaser by a yacht broker, are excluded from the requirements of § 26.03-1 and [§ 26.03-2](/cfr/46/26.03-2.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-009, 45 FR 11109, Feb. 19, 1980, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 4105, 4106, 6101, 8105; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16656, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 78-009, 45 FR 11109, Feb. 19, 1980, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]