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(continued) gid-inflated rescue boats.
\3\ A hatchet counts towards this requirement in rigid rescue boats.
\4\ Oars are not required on a free-fall lifeboat; a unit of oars means
the number of oars specified by the boat manufacturer.
\5\ Not required for a rigid rescue boat.
\6\ 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.
[CGD 84–069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996, as amended by USCG–1999–6216, 64 FR 53227, Oct. 1, 1999]