[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: 46CFR199.230]

[Page 503]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199--LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C--Additional Requirements for Passenger Vessels
 
Sec. 199.230  Stowage of survival craft.

    (a) To meet the requirements of Sec. 199.130(b)(1), each lifeboat on 
a passenger vessel of 80 meters (262 feet) in length and upwards must be 
stowed where the after-end of the lifeboat is at least 1.5 times the 
length of the lifeboat forward of the vessel's propeller.
    (b) The stowage height of a survival craft must take into account 
the vessel's escape provisions, the vessel's size, and the weather 
conditions likely to be encountered in the vessel's intended area of 
operation.
    (c) The height of the davit head of each davit when it is in 
position to launch the survival craft should, as far as practicable, not 
exceed 15 meters (49 feet) to the waterline when the vessel is in its 
lightest seagoing condition.