CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER S—SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY (parts 170 to 174) > PART 171—SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO VESSELS CARRYING PASSENGERS > SUBPART H—Drainage of Weather Decks (§171.130 to §171.155) > 171.135—Weather deck drainage on a vessel of 100 gross tons or more.

171.135—Weather deck drainage on a vessel of 100 gross tons or more.

The weather deck must have freeing ports, open rails, and scuppers, as necessary, to allow rapid clearing of water under all weather conditions.