10.6.1 Each survival craft should be stowed:
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.1 so that neither the survival craft nor its
stowage arrangements will interfere with the operation of any other
survival craft or rescue boat at any other launching station;
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.2 as near the water surface as is safe and practicable;
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.3 in a state of continuous readiness so that
two crew members can carry out preparations for embarkation and launching
in less than 5 min;
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.4 fully equipped as required by the LSA Code;
however, in the case of units operating in areas such that, in the
opinion of the Administration, certain items of equipment are unnecessary,
the Administration may allow these items to be dispensed with;
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.5 as far as practicable, in a secure and sheltered
position and protected from damage by fire and explosion.
10.6.2 A survival craft or davit-launched liferaft
should be so positioned that the survival craft or raft is upon embarkation
at least 2 m above the waterline when the unit is in the limiting
damaged condition determined in accordance with section 3.4.
10.6.3 Where appropriate, the unit should be so
arranged that lifeboats, in their stowed positions, are protected
from damage by heavy seas.
10.6.4 Lifeboats should be stowed attached to
launching appliances.
10.6.5 Liferafts should be so stowed as to permit
manual release of one raft or container at a time from their securing
arrangements.
10.6.6 Davit-launched liferafts should be stowed
within reach of the lifting hooks, unless some means of transfer is
provided which is not rendered inoperable within the limits of trim
and list prescribed in chapter 3 for
any damaged condition or by unit motion or power failure.
10.6.7 Each liferaft, other than those in paragraph
10.3.3, should be stowed with the weak link of its painter permanently
attached to the unit and with a float-free arrangement complying with
the requirements of the LSA Code so that the liferaft will float free
of any structure and, if inflatable, inflates automatically should
the unit sink.