#### § 133.175 Survival craft and rescue boat equipment.

(a) All rescue boat equipment must be as follows:

(1) The equipment must be secured within the boat by lashings, storage in lockers or compartments, storage in brackets or similar mounting arrangements, or other suitable means.

(2) The equipment must be secured in such a manner as not to interfere with any abandonment procedures or reduce seating capacity.

(3) The equipment must be as small and of as little mass as possible.

(4) The equipment must be packed in a suitable and compact form.

(5) The equipment should be stowed so the items do not—

(i) Reduce the seating capacity;

(ii) Adversely affect the seaworthiness of the survival craft or rescue boat; or

(iii) Overload the launching appliance.

(b) Each rigid liferaft and rescue boat, unless otherwise stated in this paragraph, must carry the equipment specified for it in table [133.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-133.175) of this section. Each item in the table has the same description as in [§ 199.175 of this chapter](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-199.175).

Note:

Item numbers in the first column of Table [133.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-133.175) are not consecutive because not all of the items listed in [section 199.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-199.175) are required on OSVs.

Table [133.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-133.175)—Survival Craft Equipment

| Item No. | Item | Oceans | | Coastwise | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rigid liferaft (SOLAS A Pack) | Rescue boat | Rigid liferaft (SOLAS B Pack) | Rescue boat |
| 1 | Bailer1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Boathook | | 1 | | 1 |
| 4 | Bucket2 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 5 | Can opener | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Compass | | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | Drinking cup | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Fire extinguisher | | 1 | | 1 |
| 10 | First-aid kit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Fishing kit | 1 | | | |
| 12 | Flashlight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Heaving line | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Instruction card | 1 | | 1 | |
| 17 | Knife1 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ladder | | 1 | | 1 |
| 19 | Mirror, signalling | 1 | | 1 | |
| 20 | Oars, units4 | | 1 | | 1 |
| | Paddles | 2 | | 2 | |
| 21 | Painter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Provisions (units per person) | 1 | | | |
| 23 | Pump5 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 24 | Radar reflector | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Repair kit5 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 27 | Sea anchor | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Searchlight | | 1 | | 1 |
| 29 | Seasickness kit (units per person) | 1 | | 1 | |
| 30 | Signal, smoke | 2 | | 1 | |
| 31 | Signal, hand flare | 6 | | 6 | |
| 32 | Signal, parachute flare | 4 | | 4 | |
| 34 | Sponge5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Survival instructions | 1 | | 1 | |
| 36 | Table of lifesaving signals | 1 | | 1 | |
| 37 | Thermal protective aids (percent of persons)6 | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| 39 | Towline | | 1 | | 1 |
| 40 | Water (liters per person) | 1.5 | | 1 | |
| 41 | Whistle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Notes: | | | | | |
| 1 Each liferaft equipped for 13 persons or more must carry two of these items. | | | | | |
| 2 Not required for inflated or rigid-inflated rescue boats. | | | | | |
| 3 A hatchet counts towards this requirement in rigid rescue boats. | | | | | |
| 4 Oars are not required on a free-fall lifeboat; a unit of oars means the number of oars specified by the boat manufacturer. | | | | | |
| 5 Not required for a rigid rescue boat. | | | | | |
| 6 Sufficient thermal protective aids are required for at least 10% of the persons the survival craft is equipped to carry, but not less than two. | | | | | |

[CGD 84-069, [61 FR 25304](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/61-FR-25304), May 20, 1996, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, [64 FR 53227](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/64-FR-53227), Oct. 1, 1999]