Section 169.529 - Description of lifeboat equipment(a) All lifeboat equipment must meet the requirements under 46 CFR 199.175 , except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.(b) The following equipment, carried in addition to the equipment required under 46 CFR 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 ). 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
| Length of lifeboat, feet | Standing lug sail | Commercial designation number | Mast1 | Yard1 |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 , Nov. 14, 2022