Part 1 – Prototype tests for life-saving appliances
8 LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES
8.1 Testing of davits and launching appliances
1 The fifth sentence of paragraph 8.1.1 is amended to read as follows:
- "For free-fall lifeboats, the launching appliances for
lowering a free-fall lifeboat by falls, except winches, should be subjected
to a static proof load of 2.2 times the maximum working load at the full
outboard position."