Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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5.6.4 Containers for marine evacuation systems
The evacuation passage and platform shall be packed in a container that is:
- so constructed as to withstand hard wear under conditions
encountered at sea; and
- as far as practicable watertight, except for drain holes in
the container bottom.
The container shall be marked with:
- maker's name or trade mark;
- serial number;
- name of approval authority and the capacity of the system;
- SOLAS;
- name of approval authority and the capacity of the system;
- date of manufacture (month and year);
- maximum permitted height of stowage above waterline;
and
- stowage position on board.
Launching and operating instructions shall be marked on or in the vicinity of
the container.
5.6.5 Inflatable liferafts associated with marine evacuation systems
Any inflatable liferaft used in conjunction with the marine evacuation system
shall:
- conform with the requirementso f section4 .2;
- be sited close to the system container but be capable of
dropping clear of the deployed system and boarding platform;
- be capable of release one at a time from its stowage rack
with arrangements which will enable it to be moored alongside the platform;
- be stowed in accordancew ith regulationl ll/.13 .4; and
- be provided with pre-connected or easily connected
retrieving lines to the platform.
5.6.6 Stowage of marine evacuation systems
(SOLAS,Chapter III, Regulation 15)
The ship's side shall not have any openings between the embarkation
station of the marine evacuation system and the waterline in the lightest
seagoing condition and means shall be provided to protect the system from any
projections.
Marine evacuation systems shall be in such positions as to ensure safe
launching laving particular regard to clearance from the propeller and steeply
overhanging positions of the hull and so that, as far as practicable, the system
can be launched down the straight side of the ship.