(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) 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.
Table 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 |
[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52814, Oct. 1, 1998]