Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - LY3 - The Large Commercial Yacht Code - 21 Accommodation - 21.1 General
21.1 General
21.1.1 This section applies to vessels to which sections 21A and 21B do not apply.
21.1.2 An adequate standard of accommodation should be provided to ensure the comfort, recreation, health and safety of all persons on board, due consideration should also be given to the number of hotel and other support staff required.
21.1.3 Attention is drawn to the achievement of appropriate standards for means of access and escape, lighting, heating, food preparation and storage, messing, safety of movement about the vessel, ventilation and water services.
21.1.4 Generally, accommodation standards for the crew should be at least equivalent to the standards set by the International Labour Organization conventions for crew accommodation in merchant ships. The ILO Convention provisions should be practicable with regard to vessels greater than 500GT. For smaller vessels, particularly sailing vessels, the standards should be applied where possible. When it is neither reasonable nor practicable to site crew sleeping accommodation amidships or aft, and above the deepest waterline as required, measures taken to ensure an equivalent level of crew health and safety should be agreed with the Administration. Sleeping accommodation with the deckhead lining below the deepest waterline is not permitted. It is recommended that where such accommodation is sited partially below the deepest waterline it should be arranged such that in the event of damage to the watertight compartment in which the accommodation space is situated, the lining should not be immersed.
21.1.5 Crew accommodation should not be sited within hazardous spaces.
The following standards are described by general principles which need to be expanded to meet the requirements which relate to the use and areas of operation of particular vessels.
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