Amendment 14
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.809 – Recommendation for Canopied Reversible Liferafts, Automatically Self-Righting Liferafts and Fast Rescue Boats, Including Testing, on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships – (Adopted on 30 June 1997) - Annex - Recommendation for Canopied Reversible Liferafts, Automatically Self-Righting Liferafts and Fast Rescue Boats, Including Testing, on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships - Appendix - Recommendation on Testing of Canopied Reversible Liferafts, Automatically Self-Righting Liferafts and Fast Rescue Boats on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships - Amendment 14

Amendment 14

  14 Add a new paragraph 8.1.8 as follows:

  "8.1.8 The fast rescue boat launching appliance should be demonstrated in a sea state associated with a force 6 wind on the Beaufort scale, in association with a significant wave height of at least 3 m. The test should include launching and recovery of a fast rescue boat and demonstrate:

  • .1 satisfactory operation of the device to dampen forces and oscillations due to interaction with the waves;

  • .2 satisfactory operation of the winch brake, and

  • .3 satisfactory operation of the tensioning device."

Parent topic: Appendix - Recommendation on Testing of Canopied Reversible Liferafts, Automatically Self-Righting Liferafts and Fast Rescue Boats on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships
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