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13.2.4 Lifejackets
13.2.4.1 One adult SOLAS approved lifejacket should be provided for each person onboard plus spare adult lifejackets sufficient for at least 10% of the total number of persons onboard or two, whichever is the greater. Each lifejacket should be fitted with a light and whistle.
13.2.4.2 If the adult lifejackets provided are not designed to fit persons weighing up to 140kg and with a chest girth of up to 1,750 mm, a sufficient number of suitable accessories as may be required to provide a lifejacket for each such person should be available on board to allow them to be secured to such persons.
13.2.4.3 Included in the above number of lifejackets, there should be at least two SOLAS approved inflatable lifejackets for use of the crew of any rescue boat or inflatable boat carried onboard.
13.2.4.4 One SOLAS approved child lifejacket or infant lifejacket should be provided for each child or infant onboard.
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