5.3 Skylights
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5.3 Skylights

  5.3.1 A skylight should be of efficient weathertight construction and should be located on the centre line of the vessel, or as near thereto as practicable, unless it is required to provide a means of escape from a compartment below deck.

  5.3.2 When a skylight is an opening type it should be provided with efficient means whereby it can be secured in the closed position.

  5.3.3 A skylight which is provided as a means of escape should be capable of being opened from both sides.

  5.3.4 Unless the glazing material and its method of fixing in the frame is equivalent in strength to that required for the structure in which it is fitted, a portable "blank" should be provided which can be efficiently secured in place in event of breakage of the glazing.

Parent topic: 5 Weathertight Integrity
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