[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR28.125]

[Page 332]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 28_REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Requirements for All Vessels
 
Sec. 28.125  Stowage of survival craft.

    (a) Each inflatable liferaft required to be equipped with a SOLAS A 
or a SOLAS B equipment pack must be stowed so as to float free and 
automatically inflate in the event the vessel sinks.
    (b) Each inflatable liferaft, inflatable buoyant apparatus, and any 
auxiliary craft used in their place, must be kept readily accessible for 
launching or be stowed so as to float free in the event the vessel 
sinks.
    (c) Each hydrostatic release unit used in a float-free arrangement 
must be approved under part 160, subpart 160.062 of this chapter.
    (d) Each float-free link used with a buoyant apparatus or with a 
life float must be certified to meet part 160, subpart 160.073 of this 
chapter.