11.5.2 Damage tests - inflatable boats
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11.5.2 Damage tests - inflatable boats

  11.5.2.1 The tests should be carried out with all the vessels' equipment, fuel, cargo, activity related equipment (e.g. diving equipment) and number of persons for which it is to be certificated, on-board. The engine, equipment and cargo may be replaced by an equivalent mass. Each person may be substituted by a mass of 75kg for the purpose of the tests:-

The tests will be successful if, for each condition of simulated damage, the persons for which the inflatable boat or rigid inflatable boat is to be certificated are supported within the inflatable boat or rigid inflatable. The conditions are:-

  • .1 with forward buoyancy compartment deflated (both sides if appropriate);

  • .2 with the entire buoyancy, from the centreline at the stem to the transom, on one side of the inflatable boat or rigid inflatable boat deflated.

  11.5.2.2 Purely inflatable boats failing to meet Section 11.5.2.1 may be specially considered by the Certifying Authority, taking into account operational service limitations.

Parent topic: 11.5 Inflatable Boats or Boats Fitted With a Buoyant Collar
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