1.8.1 The Administration should ensure that the
craft is provided with adequate information and guidance in the form
of a technical manual to enable the craft to be operated and maintained
safely. This technical manual should consist of an operating manual,
maintenance manual and servicing schedule. Arrangements should be
made for such information to be updated as necessary.
1.8.2 The operating manual should contain at least
the following information:
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(a) worst intended conditions;
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(b) permissible conditions of loading, including
maximum weight, centre of gravity position and distribution of load;
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(c) any loading procedures necessary to facilitate
operational compliance with (b);
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(d) details arising from compliance with the requirements
of Chapter 2 likely to be of direct practical
use to the crew in an emergency;
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(e) procedures for checking the integrity of buoyancy
compartments;
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(f) precautions to be followed to avoid a fire
and the method of operation of equipment intended to prevent, detect,
extinguish or control a fire;
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(g) procedures for the evacuation of passengers
and the use of life-saving appliances;
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(h) any limitation regarding the operation of
the craft;
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(i) information regarding the handling of the
craft determined in accordance with Chapter 16;
and
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(j) maximum permissible towing speeds and towing
loads where applicable.
1.8.3 Operating manuals should distinguish clearly
those areas where:
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(a) advice is given of which the master needs
to take proper account if he is to operate the craft to the level
of safety intended, but non-compliance with it does not of itself
render the Dynamically Supported Craft Construction and Equipment
Certificate of the particular craft invalid; and
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(b) limitation with which the master needs to
comply, non-compliance rendering the Dynamically Supported Craft Construction
and Equipment Certificate of the particular craft invalid.