Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Nov 24, 2025
§ 28.235 - Anchors and radar reflectors.

(a) Each vessel must be fitted with an anchor(s) and chain(s), cable, or rope appropriate for the vessel and the waters of the intended voyage.

(b) Except for a vessel rigged with gear that provides a radar signature from a distance of 6 miles, each nonmetallic hull vessel must have a radar reflector.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316,4502,4505,4506,6104,8103,10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 28.235