[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: 33CFR177.03]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (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;

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    (2) Leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's 
noncommercial use; or
    (3) Operated as an uninspected passenger vessel subject to the 
requirements of 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter C.
    (c) Coast Guard Boarding Officer means a commissioned, warrant, or 
petty officer of the Coast Guard having authority to board any vessel 
under 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; USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]