Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 14 - Requirements for Sailing Vessels - 14.15 Health and Safety
14.15 Health and Safety
(1) Consideration will need to be given to the function of doors at adverse angles of heel while not making them dangerous to passengers at adverse heel angles.
(2) Crew and passengers should be able to move about the vessel safely at angles up to the ‘Derived Heeling Angle’.
(3) Consideration should be given to the protection of persons on board from running rigging, sheets and spars, and in particular the possible flogging of sails and sheets.
(4) Escape routes, muster stations and embarkation stations should be protected from running rigging, sheets and spars.
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