#### § 169.529 Description of lifeboat equipment.

(a) All lifeboat equipment must meet the requirements under [46 CFR 199.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-199.175), except as provided in [paragraph (b)](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-169.529#p-169.529(b)) of this section.

(b) The following equipment, carried in addition to the equipment required under [46 CFR 199.175](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-199.175), must meet the following requirements:

(1) *Cover, protecting.* The cover must be of highly visible color and capable of protecting the occupants against exposure. A cover is not required for fully enclosed lifeboats.

(2) *Ditty bag.* The ditty bag must consist of a canvas bag or equivalent and must contain a sailmaker's palm, needles, sail twine, marline, and marlin spike, except that motor-propelled lifeboats need not carry a ditty bag.

(3) *Mast and sail.* A unit, consisting of a standing lug sail together with the necessary spars and rigging, must be provided in accordance with table 1 to this section, except that motor-propelled lifeboats need not carry a mast or sails. The sails must be of good quality canvas, or other material acceptable to the Commandant, colored Indian Orange (Cable No. 70072, Standard Color Card of America; incorporated by reference, see [§ 169.115](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-169.115)). Rigging must consist of galvanized wire rope not less than 3⁄16-inch in diameter. The mast and sail must be protected by a suitable cover.

Table 1 to [§ 169.529](/on/2024-09-23/title-46/section-169.529)

| Length of lifeboat, feet | | Standing lug sail | | | | | | | | | | Commercial designation number | Mast1 | | | Yard1 | | |
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| Over— | Not over— | Area, square feet | Luff and head lengths | | Leach length | | Foot length | | Clew to throat | | Ounces per square yard | Length | | Diameter, inches | Length | | Diameter, inches |
| Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches |
| | 17 | 58 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14.35 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | 19 | 74 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14.35 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | 21 | 93 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14.35 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 31/2 | 8 | 5 | 21/2 |
| 21 | 23 | 113 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 14.35 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31/2 | 9 | 3 | 21/2 |
| 23 | 25 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 14.35 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | 27 | 158 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 17.50 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 27 | 29 | 181 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 17.50 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 41/2 | 11 | 5 | 31/4 |
| 29 | 31 | 203 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 20.74 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 41/2 | 12 | 0 | 31/4 |
| 312 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1 Mast lengths measured from heel to center of upper halyard sheave. Mast diameters measured at thwart. Mast and yard shall be of clear-grained spruce, fir, or equivalent. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 Subject to special consideration. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

[USCG-2020-0107, [87 FR 68306](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/87-FR-68306), Nov. 14, 2022]