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

(a) All lifeboat and 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 lifeboat, rigid liferaft, and rescue boat, unless otherwise stated in this paragraph, must carry the equipment specified for it in table [§ 108.575(b)](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-108.575#p-108.575(b)) of this section. A lifeboat that is also a rescue boat must carry the equipment in the table column marked for a lifeboat. 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).

Table [108.575](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-108.575)(b)—Survival Craft Equipment

| Item No. | Item | International service | | | Other than international service | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lifeboat | Rigid liferaft | Rescue boat | Lifeboat | Rigid liferaft | Rescue boat |
| 1 | Bailer1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Bilge pump2 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | Boathook | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| 4 | Bucket3 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| 5 | Can opener | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | Compass | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Dipper | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 8 | Drinking cup | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 9 | Fire extinguisher | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 10 | First-aid kit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Fishing kit | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 12 | Flashlight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hatchet | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 14 | Heaving line | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Instruction card | | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 16 | Jackknife | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | Knife1 4 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ladder | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 19 | Mirror, signaling | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | Oars (units)5 6 | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| | Paddles | | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 21 | Painter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Provisions (units per person) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 23 | Pump7 | | | 1 | | | |
| 24 | Radar reflector | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 25 | Rainwater collection device | 1 | | | | | |
| 26 | Repair kit7 | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 27 | Sea anchor | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Searchlight | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 29 | Seasickness kit (kits/person) | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | Signal, smoke | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | Signal, hand flare | 6 | 6 | | 6 | 6 | |
| 32 | Signal, parachute flare | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 4 | |
| 33 | Skates and fenders8 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 34 | Sponge7 | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Survival instructions | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | Table of lifesaving signals | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 37 | Thermal protective aid (percent of persons)9 | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| 38 | Tool kit | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 39 | Towline10 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 40 | Water (liters per person) | 3 | 1.5 | | 3 | 1 | |
| 41 | Whistle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Notes: | | | | | | | |
| 1 Each liferaft approved for 13 persons or more must carry two of these items. | | | | | | | |
| 2 Bilge pumps are not required for boats of self-bailing design. | | | | | | | |
| 3 Not required for inflated or rigid/inflated rescue boats. | | | | | | | |
| 4 A hatchet counts toward this requirement in rigid rescue boats. | | | | | | | |
| 5 Oars not required on a free-fall lifeboat; a unit of oars means the number of oars specified by the manufacturer. | | | | | | | |
| 6 Rescue boats may substitute buoyant oars for paddles, as specified by the manufacturer. | | | | | | | |
| 7 Not required for a rigid rescue boat. | | | | | | | |
| 8 Required if specified by the boat manufacturer. | | | | | | | |
| 9 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. | | | | | | | |
| 10 Required only if the lifeboat is also the rescue boat. | | | | | | | |

[CGD 84-069, [61 FR 25291](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/61-FR-25291), May 20, 1996, as amended at [63 FR 52814](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/63-FR-52814), Oct. 1, 1998]