Section 4 Craft type factors
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Special Service Craft, July 2022 - Part 3 General Requirements and Constructional Arrangements - Chapter 5 Anchoring and Mooring Equipment - Section 4 Craft type factors

Section 4 Craft type factors

4.1 General

4.1.1 The mass of the anchors required by Table 5.5.1 Anchors and corrected for service group factors in accordance with Pt 3, Ch 5, 3 Service group factors (where applicable), are to be corrected by the craft type factors indicated in this Section.

4.2 Craft type factors

4.2.1  Yachts with an Equipment Numeral, EN, of less than or equal to 220 as determined in Pt 3, Ch 5, 2.1 Equipment Number, may have the mass of the anchors as required by Table 5.5.1 Anchors reduced by the craft type factor, k y, in accordance with the following:

4.2.2 For yachts with an Equipment Numeral, EN, in excess of 220, the craft type factor, k y, is to be taken as unity.

4.2.3  Pilot and Patrol craft operating within Service Group G1, and which do not normally anchor in the course of their duties, with an Equipment Numeral EN of less than or equal to 220 as determined in Pt 3, Ch 5, 2.1 Equipment Number, may have the mass of the anchor as required by Pt 3, Ch 5, 3 Service group factors reduced by the craft type factor, k p1, in accordance with the following:

4.2.4  Pilot and patrol craft operating within Service Group G2, and which do not normally anchor in the course of their duties, with an Equipment Numeral EN of less than or equal to 100 as determined in Pt 3, Ch 5, 2.1 Equipment Number 2.1.2, may have the mass of the anchor as required by Pt 3, Ch 5, 3 Service group factors reduced by the craft type factor, k p2, in accordance with Table 5.4.1 Craft type factor.

Table 5.4.1 Craft type factor

Equipment Numeral, EN Craft type factor, k p2
5 40 0,8
> 40 100 0,9
> 100     1,0

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