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Lifesaving and personal safety equipment
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| 1.1 |
A suitable PFD/Lifejacket for each person on board, of at least 150 Newtons (CE EN 396) (see appendix 5). |
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| 1.2 |
Crew safety harness/lifelines for all crew that may have to work on deck at any time |
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| 1.3 |
Appropriate clothing |
X |
| 1.4 |
An immersion suit per crewmember if operating in northern latitudes. |
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| 1.5 |
Jack Lines capable of being rigged port & starboard and extending from the aft of the cockpit to the foredeck for use with crew lifelines. |
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| 1.6 |
Life raft of sufficient capacity to cater for all crew carried. (Category Craft ''Inshore'' engaged on overnight coastal passages)
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| 1.7 |
Emergency Liferaft Grab Bag for abandoning ship. |
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| 1.8 |
A buoyant heaving line/throw bag. |
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| 1.9 |
Horseshoe type lifebelt with light. Danbuoy with flag fitted to one lifebelt.
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| 1.10 |
Buoyancy sling with floating line - can be fitted in lieu of one horseshoe lifebelt. |
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| 1.11 |
Boarding Ladder |
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| 2 |
Flares |
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| 2.1 |
Hand held distress flares. |
2 |
| 2.2 |
Hand held white flares. |
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| 2.3 |
Parachute rocket red flares.
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| 2.4 |
Orange smoke signal canisters |
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| 3 |
Radios and Communications |
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| 3.1 |
A suitable fixed Marine Band VHF radio transmitter, with DSC facility (Operators licence required from MRAU). |
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| 3.2 |
Marine Band MF/HF/SSB and/or global satellite communication system |
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| 3.3 |
EPIRB - type 406 - registered in the name of the vessel |
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| 3.4 |
Radio Transponder unit - SART |
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| 3.5 |
Waterproof hand held radio |
X |
| 3.6 |
A radio receiver AM/FM, capable of receiving shipping forecasts, and national/local weather forecasts |
X |
| 4 |
Fire Fighting
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| 4.1 |
Fire blanket - CE marked. (* If carrying cooking equipment) * |
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| 4.2 |
Fire extinguishers in addition to a suitable extinguisher to fight oil fires in engine spaces or fire bucket. (Do not deploy the bucket overboard while the boat is moving) |
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| 4.3 |
All cooker/heaters using Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) should be installed as outlined in Marine Notice No. 1 of 2000 |
X |
| 5 |
Navigation Equipment |
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| 5.1 |
Echo Sounder. |
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| 5.2 |
Steering Compass |
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| 5.3 |
Hand Bearing Compass |
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| 5.4 |
Speed Log |
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| 5.5 |
GPS. |
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| 5.6 |
Radar Reflector. |
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| 5.7 |
Foghorn, powered or aerosol type. |
X |
| 5.8 |
Barometer |
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| 5.9 |
Clock |
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| 5.10 |
Binoculars |
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| 5.11 |
Sextant and tables. |
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| 5.12 |
Navigation drawing instruments, parallel ruler, dividers or plotting instrument. |
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| 5.13 |
Full set of fixed navigation lights including anchor lights |
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| 5.14 |
Suitable up to date charts, nautical publications and tide tables for areas of cruising |
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| 6 |
Bilge Pumping |
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| 6.1 |
Manual bilge pump capable of pumping from any hull watertight compartment and with all hatches closed |
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| 6.2 |
At least one complete repair kit including spares should be carried. |
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| 6.3 |
An electric or engine driven pump can be substituted for a manual model |
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| 6.4 |
A bucket of capacity 8-12 litres, siutably fitted with a rope lanyard. (Do not deploy the bucket overboard while the boat is moving) |
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| 6.5 |
Softwood tapered plugs, located adjacent to all, through hull underwater fittings. |
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| 6.6 |
All through hull fittings to be fitted with isolation valves.
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| 7 |
Anchors and Warps |
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| 7.1 |
Anchor with chain/warp, as appropriate for a vessels size, and operating area ground holding conditions. |
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| 7.2 |
Boats should have a suitably reinforced deck cleat/Samson post on the foredeck, and means of closing over the bow roller or fairlead used when anchoring. |
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| 7.3 |
An adequate supply of warps and fenders, these should include siutable warps to allow the craft be towed if necessary. |
X |
| 8 |
General Equipment |
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| 8.1 |
Emergency steering means, i.e. tiller for vessels fitted with wheel steering as their primary means of steering. |
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| 8.2 |
Waterproof torch, capable of also being used for signalling |
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| 8.3 |
An appropriate tool kit and spare parts for the type of craft being used. |
X |
| 8.4 |
Suitable secondary means of engine starting including battery or hand start. |
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| 8.5 |
Suitable First Aid Kit including a First Aid manual. |
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| 8.6 |
Storm sails which can be quickly rigged, or the facility to deep reef sails on yachts. |
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| 8.7 |
Emergency repair kit including sail repair kit, spare wash boards and window blanks. |
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| 8.8 |
Emergency water supply. |
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| 8.9 |
Bosun's Chair |
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| 8.10 |
Instruction manuals for vessels essential equipment. |
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| 8.11 |
Rigid or inflatable tender. |
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