Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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Fig.3.9 Lifeboat in-board engine
3.1.9 Lifeboat out-board engine
- Where an outboard motor has been fitted, the boat must be equipped
with a dry powder fire extinguisher suitable for oil fires and a set of tools and
spares.
- The motor shall be permanently attached to the boats they are
intended to propel.
- Portable engine will have securing lines in the bow of the boat for
securing the fuel tank. There shall be a means of ensuring that fuel cannot
escape when fuel pipes are disconnected.
- Outboard motor must never de laid horizontally and if unshipped, must
be stowed upright in a rack. Cases have occurred when outboard motors have
been laid horizontally, of sea water getting into the engine and causing corrosion
which has put the engine completely out of service.
- Out board engine are to be test run once a week.
Fig.3.10 Lifeboat
out- board engines
3.2 Actions to