[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR199.155]

[Page 489]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199--LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Requirements for All Vessels
 
Sec. 199.155  Lifeboat launching and recovery arrangements.

    Lifeboat launching and recovery arrangements, in addition to meeting 
the requirements in Secs. 199.150 and 199.153, must meet the following 
requirements:
    (a) Each lifeboat must be provided with a launching appliance. The 
launching appliance must be capable of launching and recovering the 
lifeboat with its crew.
    (b) Each launching appliance arrangement must allow the operator on 
the vessel to observe the lifeboat at all times during recovery.
    (c) Each launching appliance arrangement must be designed to ensure 
persons can safely disembark from the survival craft prior to its 
stowage.
    (d) Each lifeboat, other than a totally enclosed lifeboat, must be 
provided with a davit span with not less than two lifelines of 
sufficient length to reach the water with the vessel in its lightest 
seagoing condition, under unfavorable conditions of trim, and with the 
vessel listed up to 20 degrees either way.