5 — Rescue Boats Internationaal Verdrag van Torremolinos voor de beveiliging van vissersvaartuigen, 1977
Rescue Boats
5.1 Rigid Rescue Boats
5.1.1 Rescue boats shall be open and constructed with rigid sides. The Administration may approve rescue boats with a rigid shelter, provided that it may be readily opened from inside and outside and does not impede the function of the rescue boat, its rapid embarkation and disembarkation, or the launching, handling and recovering of the rescue boat.
5.1.2 Thwarts and side seats shall be fitted as low as practicable in the rescue boat and bottom boards shall be fitted.
5.1.3 Internal buoyancy appliances shall be fitted which shall be so placed as to secure stability when the rescue boat is fully laden under adverse weather conditions.
5.1.4 Internal buoyancy appliances shall be fitted which shall consist either of air cases or buoyant material which shall not be adversely affected by oil or oil products and which shall not adversely affect the rescue boat.
5.1.5 The total volume of the internal buoyancy appliances shall be such that it will be at least equal to the sum of the volume of:
(a) that required to float the rescue boat and its full equipment when the rescue boat is flooded and open to the sea so that the top of the gunwale amidships is not submerged; and
(b) that equal to 7.5 per cent of the cubic capacity of the rescue boat which shall be determined in the same manner as that prescribed for lifeboats in Regulation 112.
5.1.6 Where an engine is fitted adequate protection from the propeller shall be provided for persons in the water.
5.1.7 Motor rescue boats shall be fitted with a compression ignition engine which shall be kept so as to be at all times ready for use and be capable of being readily started in all conditions. The speed ahead of the motor rescue boat in smooth water when loaded with its full complement of persons shall be at least 6 knots.
5.2 Inflatable Rescue Boats
5.2.1 The rescue boat shall be so constructed as to be capable of withstandig exposure for 30 days afloat in all sea conditions.
5.2.2 The rescue boat shall be capable of operating throughout a temperature range of plus 66 degrees celsius to minus 30 degrees celsius.
5.2.3 Materials, components and accessories used in the construction of rescue boats shall be approved and resistant to the effect of humidity, biological action and oil or products and highly resistant to ultra-violet light and have sufficient margin of durability to ensure that their performance will not be affected by being stowed on an exposed deck during the period between normal inspections without other maintenance than the vessel's crew can carry out.
5.2.4 The buoyancy compartments forming the boundary of the rescue boat shall on inflation provide at least 0.17 cubic metres of volume for each person the rescue boat is certified to accommodate. The diameter of the main buoyancy compartment of a single-tube rescue boat shall be at least 400 millimetres.
5.2.5 Buoyancy shall be provided by a number of separate compartments in such a manner that the deflation of any one compartment does not impair the effective function of the rescue boat.
5.2.6 Each buoyancy compartment shall be fitted with a nonreturn valve for manual inflation and means for deflation. A safety relief valve shall also be fitted unless the Administration is satisfied that such an appliance is not necessary.
5.2.7 Where more than one tube is fitted the volume of either tube shall not exceed 60 per cent of the total volume.
5.2.8 A rescue boat propelled by oars shall be provided with rowlocks and thwarts. Thwarts shall be fitted as low as practicable in the boat.
5.2.9 The floor of the rescue boat shall be waterproof and shall provide an efficient working platform.
5.2.10 Underneath the bottom and on vulnerable places on the outside of the rescue boat, rubbing strips shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Administration.
5.2.11 Where a transom is fitted it shall not be inset by more than 25 per cent of the overall length of the rescue boat.
5.2.12 Unless the rescue boat has adequate sheer a bow cover extending for at least 15 per cent of the overall length of the boat shall be provided.
5.2.13 The upper part of the rescue boat or a bow cover shall be of a highly visible colour.
5.2.14 Suitable patches shall be provided for securing the painters fore and aft and the becketed lifelines inside and outside the rescue boat.
5.2.15 Where an engine is fitted adequate protection from the propeller shall be provided for persons in the water.
5.2.16 The rescue boat shall be maintained at all times in a fully inflated condition unless approved means for rapidly inflating the rescue boat and for protecting the uninflated rescue boat against damage is provided.
5.2.17 The rescue boat shall be capable of being readily righted if floating in an inverted position.
- Regeling
- Internationaal Verdrag van Torremolinos voor de beveiliging van vissersvaartuigen, 1977
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 02-04-1977
- BWB-id
- BWBV0003251
- Versie
- 1977-04-02_0