1. PURPOSE. This Handbook provides guidance on how to survive in maritime environments
and situations. Major topics within this handbook are survivability factors, survival
equipment and pyrotechnics, and egress and life rafts.
2. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. The Boat Crew Seamanship Handbook, COMDTINST
M16114.5C, is canceled.
3. DISCUSSION. This Handbook provides guidance on how to survive in maritime
environments and situations.
4. MAJOR CHANGES. First issue.
5. DISCLAIMER. This guidance is not a substitute for applicable legal requirements, nor is it
itself a rule. It is intended to provide operational guidance for Coast Guard personnel and is
not intended to nor does it impose legally-binding requirements on any party outside the
Coast Guard.
6. IMPACT ASSESSMENT. No impact assessment warranted.