Title 33

SECTION 401.39

401.39 Preparing mooring lines for passing through.

§ 401.39 Preparing mooring lines for passing through.

Before a vessel enters a lock:

(a) Winches shall be capable of paying out and heaving in at a minimum speed of 46 m per minute; and

(b) The eye of each mooring line shall be passed outward through the fairleads at the side.

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982; 70 FR 12972, Mar. 17, 2005; 76 FR 13089, Mar. 10, 2011]

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