---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.235"
title: "46"
number: "28.235"
heading: "Anchors and radar reflectors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.235"
---

# §28.235. Anchors and radar reflectors.

- (a) Each vessel must be fitted with an anchor(s) and chain(s), cable, or rope appropriate for the vessel and the waters of the intended voyage.
- (b) Except for a vessel rigged with gear that provides a radar signature from a distance of 6 miles, each nonmetallic hull vessel must have a radar reflector.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.