Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN

FAST RESCUE BOATS

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(u) 6 doses of anti-seasickness medicine and a seasickness bag for each

person the life-raft is permitted to accommodate.

(v) instructions on how to survive;

(w) instructions for immediate action;

Float-free arrangements for life-rafts:

a) Painter system

The life-raft painter system must provide a connection between the ship and

the life-raft and must be so arranged as to ensure that the life-raft when released

and, in the case of an inflatable life-raft, inflated is not dragged under by the

sinking ship.

b) Weak link

If a weak link is used in the float-free arrangement, it must:

(a) not be broken by the force required to pull the painter from the

life-raft container;

(b) if applicable, be of sufficient strength to permit the inflation of the

life-raft; and

4.2.4 Hydrostatic release unit

If a hydrostatic release unit is used in the float-free arrangements, it must:

(a) be constructed of compatible materials so as to prevent

malfunction of the unit. Galvanizing or other forms of metallic coating on parts of

the hydrostatic release unit is not acceptable;

(b) automatically release the life-raft at a depth of not more than 4

meters;

hydrostatic chamber when the unit is in its normal position;

(d) be so constructed as to prevent release when seas wash over

the unit;

(e) be permanently marked on its exterior with its type and serial

number;

(f) be permanently marked on the unit or identification plate securely

attached to the unit stating the date of manufacture, type and serial number and

whether the unit is suitable for use with a life raft with a capacity of more than 25

persons;

(g) be such that each part connected to the painter system has a