[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR199.160]

[Page 490]
 
                           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. 199.160  Rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements.

    (a) Each rescue boat must be capable of being launched with the 
vessel making headway of 5 knots in calm water. A painter may be used to 
meet this requirement.
    (b) Each rescue boat embarkation and launching arrangement must 
permit the rescue boat to be boarded and launched in the shortest 
possible time.
    (c) The rescue boat must meet the embarkation and launching 
arrangement requirements of Sec. Sec. 199.110 (e) and (g), 199.150, 
199.155, and if the launching arrangement uses falls and a winch, Sec. 
199.153.
    (d) If the rescue boat is one of the vessel's survival craft, the 
rescue boat must also meet the following requirements:
    (1) The rescue boat must meet the muster and embarkation arrangement 
requirements of Sec. 199.110 and the launching station requirements of 
Sec. 199.120.
    (2) If the launching arrangement uses a single fall, the rescue boat 
may have an automatic disengaging apparatus approved under approval 
series 160.170 instead of a lifeboat release mechanism.
    (e) Rapid recovery of the rescue boat must be possible when loaded 
with its full complement of persons and equipment. If the rescue boat is 
also a lifeboat, rapid recovery must be possible when loaded with its 
lifeboat equipment and an approved rescue boat complement of at least 
six persons.
    (f) Each rescue boat launching appliance must be fitted with a 
powered winch motor.
    (g) Each rescue boat launching appliance must be capable of hoisting 
the rescue boat when loaded with its full rescue boat complement of 
persons and equipment at a rate of not less than 0.3 meters per second 
(59 feet per minute).