10 Abandon Ship and Man Overboard Drills and Training
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10 Abandon Ship and Man Overboard Drills and Training

  10.1 The master shall conduct sufficient drills and give sufficient instructions to make sure that all crew members are familiar with their duties during emergencies that necessitate abandoning ship or the recovery of persons who have fallen overboard.

  10.2 Each abandon ship drill shall include:

  • .1 summoning the crew to report to assigned stations and prepare for assigned duties;

  • .2 summoning passengers on a vessel on an overnight voyage to muster stations or embarkation stations and ensuring that they are made aware of how the order to abandon ship will be given;

  • .3 checking that lifejackets are correctly worn; and

  • .4 instructions on the automatic and manual deployment of survival craft.

  10.3 Each abandon ship drill shall, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.

  10.4 Each rescue boat where provided, shall be launched with its assigned crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water as if during an actual man overboard situation:

  • .1 once each month, where reasonable and practicable; but

  • .2 at least once within a 3 month period before the vessel gets underway with passengers.

Parent topic: Part B - Preparations for Emergencies
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