[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR177.03]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 177--CORRECTION OF ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 177.03  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Boat means any vessel:
    (1) Manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial use; or
    (2) Leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's 
noncommercial use; or
    (3) Engaged in the carrying of six or fewer passengers.
    (c) Coast Guard Boarding Officer means a commissioned, warrant, or 
petty officer of the Coast Guard having authority to board any vessel 
under

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the Act of August 4, 1949, 63 Stat. 502, as amended (14 U.S.C. 89).
    (d) Operator means the person who is in control or in charge of a 
boat while it is in use.
    (e) Use means operate, navigate, or employ.
    (f) Vessel includes every description of watercraft, other than a 
seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of 
transportation on the water.

[CGD 72-71R, 37 FR 13347, July 7, 1972, as amended by CDG 84-099, 52 FR 
47534, Dec. 14, 1987]