3 Testing
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3 Testing

  3.1 It should be demonstrated that means of rescue has the capability to receive and accommodate rescued persons out of the water at water level.

  3.2 It should be demonstrated that the means of rescue has the capability to rapidly transfer persons from the water level to the deck of the ship.

  3.3 It should be demonstrated that a means of rescue meeting the requirements of 2.4.2 above, is designed to the same structural requirements as a davit-launched liferaft of equivalent capacity and tested under section 5 of part 1 of the annex to resolution A.689(17).

  3.4 The bowsing line system should be subjected to the test specified in 5.6 of part 1 of the annex to resolution A.689(17).

  3.5 It should be demonstrated that the floor of the means of rescue is self-draining to minimize a build-up of water.

  3.6 It should be demonstrated that the means of rescue is able to lift from the water to the deck of the ship a mass equal to the mass of the number of persons for which it is approved at 0.3 m/s.

  3.7 A means of rescue meeting the requirements of 2.4.2 above, should be subjected to the tests specified in part 2 of the Annex to resolution A.689(17) for davit-launched liferafts and launching appliances.

Parent topic: Annex - Recommendation on Means of Rescue on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships
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