2.5 Retrieval
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2.5 Retrieval

  2.5.1 Survival craft should:

  • .1 if passive, be capable of being towed at speeds of up to 3 knots;

  • .2 if active, be capable of being towed at speeds of up to 5 knots and be capable of towing other survival craft;

  • .3 permit a person to transfer from the survival craft in a seaway to a ship or helicopter.

  2.5.2 Rescue craft should be capable of being towed at speeds of up to 5 knots and be capable of towing a survival craft.

  2.5.3 Launching arrangements for rescue craft should provide safe launching from the ship in a seaway with the ship making way at speeds of up to 5 knots.

  2.5.4 Retrieval arrangements for rescue craft should permit rapid recovery of the rescue craft with its rescue craft complement of at least six persons and equipment in a seaway.

Parent topic: 2 General Criteria
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