Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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instruction to board is given.
Fig.4.8 Davit launched liferaft
4.2.3 Equipment of the life raft
The normal equipment of a life-raft must consist of:
(a) a buoyant rescue quoit, attached to not less than 30 meters of buoyant line;
(b) a knife of the non-folding type having a buoyant handle and lanyard attached
and stowed in a pocket on the exterior of the canopy near the point at which the
painter is attached to the life-raft. In addition, a life-raft which is permitted to
accommodate 13 persons or more must be provided with a second knife;
(c) for a life-raft which is permitted to accommodate:
(i) no more than 12 persons = one buoyant bailer;
(ii) 13 persons or more = 2 buoyant bailers;
(d) 2 sponges
(e) 2 sea-anchors each with a shock-resistant hawser and tripping line, one
spare and other permanently attached to the life-raft in such a way that when the
life-raft inflates, to lie oriented to the wind in the most stable manner. The sea-
anchor must be fitted with a swivel at each end of the line and must be of a type
which is unlikely to turn inside-out between its shroud lines. The sea-anchor
permanently attached to davit-launched life rafts and life rafts fitted on passenger
ships must be arranged for manual deployment only. All other life rafts are to