---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.310"
title: "46"
number: "28.310"
heading: "Launching of survival craft."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.310"
---

# §28.310. Launching of survival craft.


A gate or other opening must be provided in the deck rails, lifelines, or bulwarks adjacent to the stowage location of each survival craft which weighs more than 110 pounds (489 Newtons), to allow the survival craft to be manually launched.


## 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.