[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR175.17]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 175--EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Personal Flotation Devices
 
Sec. 175.17  Exemptions.

    (a) A Type V PFD may be carried in lieu of any PFD required under 
Sec. 175.15, provided:
    (1) The approval label on the Type V PFD indicates that the device 
is approved:
    (i) For the activity in which the vessel is being used; or
    (ii) As a substitute for a PFD of the Type required on the vessel in 
use;
    (2) The PFD is used in accordance with any requirements on the 
approval label; and
    (3) The PFD is used in accordance with requirements in its owner's 
manual, if the approval label makes reference to such a manual.
    (b) Canoes and kayaks 16 feet in length and over are exempted from 
the requirements for carriage of the additional Type IV PFD required 
under Sec. 175.15(b).
    (c) Racing shells, rowing sculls, racing canoes and racing kayaks 
are exempted from the requirements for carriage of any Type PFD required 
under Sec. 175.15.
    (d) Sailboards are exempted from the requirements for carriage of 
any Type PFD required under Sec. 175.15.
    (e) Vessels of the United States used by foreign competitors while 
practicing for or racing in competition are exempted from the carriage 
of any PFD required under Sec. 175.15, provided the vessel carries one 
of the sponsoring foreign country's acceptable flotation devices for 
each foreign competitor on board.

[CGD 92-045, 58 FR 41608, Aug. 4, 1993; 58 FR 51576, Oct. 4, 1993, as 
amended by CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33365, June 19, 1997; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 
35533, June 30, 1998]