11.11.2 A vessel required to have an approved Stability Information Booklet.
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11.11.2 A vessel required to have an approved Stability Information Booklet.

  11.11.2.1 The owner(s) should be responsible for the inclining test of a vessel to be undertaken by competent persons and for the calculation of the lightship particulars, which are used in the stability calculations.

  11.11.2.2 A person competent to the satisfaction of the Certifying Authority should witness the inclining test of a vessel and be satisfied as to conditions and the manner in which the test is conducted.

  11.11.2.3 The owner(s) of a vessel should be responsible for the submission of the Stability Information Booklet, based on the Administration's model booklet prepared by a competent person(s), the content and form in which stability information is presented, its accuracy and its compliance with the requirements of Section 11 for the standard required for the vessel. The owner(s) should submit three (3) copies of the booklet to the Certifying Authority for approval.

  11.11.2.4 When satisfied with the form and content of the Stability Information Booklet (including satisfaction with the competency of the person(s) who produced the booklet, methods and procedures used for calculations, the stability standard achieved and instructions which may be given to the skipper but excluding accuracy of hull form data), the Certifying Authority should stamp the booklet with an official stamp which contains the name of the Certifying Authority, the date of approval, a file (or record) reference, number of pages in the booklet and "APPROVED FORM AND CONTENT".

Two (2) copies of the approved booklet should be returned to the owner(s). The owners should be instructed to confirm that one (1) copy has been placed on the vessel and will be retained on the vessel at all times for use by the skipper. The second booklet is for the record of the owner(s).

The Certifying Authority should retain the third copy of the approved booklet in the records kept for the vessel.


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