33 CFR § 183.505 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s183.505"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 183.505 - Definitions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "183.505"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "S"
subchapter_name: "BOATING SAFETY"
part_number: "183"
part_name: "BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27"
regulatory_source: "CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "183"
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# 183.505 Definitions.
As used in this subpart:
*Flame arrestor* means a device or assembly that prevents passage of flame through a fuel vent.
*Fuel system* means the entire assembly of the fuel fill, vent, tank, and distribution components, including pumps, valves, strainers, carburetors, and filters.
*Static floating position* means the attitude in which a boat floats in calm water, with each fuel tank filled to its rated capacity, but with no person or item of portable equipment on board.
[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 85-098, 52 FR 19728, May 27, 1987]