§ 149.521 - Lifeboats and inflatable life rafts: general.

(a) Each PPC must have enough lifeboats or inflatable life rafts, or a combination of both, for 200% of the maximum number of personnel to be quartered or employed on the PPC, except that each PPC must have at least two lifeboats. The Commandant may reduce this requirement to a minimum of 150% under § 148.607 when it can be shown that the specific arrangements and separation of equipment provides sufficient redundancy.

(b) Each lifeboat and launching equipment for an inflatable life raft on a platform must be mounted on the outboard side of the platform in a location that is easily accessible to persons on board and that is as far apart as practicable from each other lifeboat.

(c) No lifeboat and no launching equipment for an inflatable life raft may be mounted next to a discharge opening on a platform unless the opening has a baffle or a remotely controlled device to close the opening.

(d) Each lifeboat and life raft launching station must be provided with emergency lighting to illuminate the entire launching process from the stowed position until the craft is waterborne.