Section 5 Deck safety equipment
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Special Service Craft, July 2022 - Part 4 Additional Requirements for Yachts - Chapter 2 All Yachts - Section 5 Deck safety equipment

Section 5 Deck safety equipment

Parent topic: Chapter 2 All Yachts

5.1 General

5.1.1 Sailing yachts are, in general, to be fitted with a pulpit, pushpit and guard wires with hand rails inboard to assist personnel movement around the upper deck. Motor yachts are, in general, to be fitted with bulwarks and/or guard rails.

5.1.2 The size, height and position of bulwarks, pulpit, pushpit and guard rails or wires and the securing points for handrails and lifelines are to be in accordance with National or International Standards, see also Pt 4, Ch 2, 6.9 Bulwarks, guard rails and wires. The scantlings and securing arrangements are to be designed to withstand the maximum load that could be exerted upon them in service, details of which are to be indicated in the relevant plans.

5.1.3 Doors fitted in bulwarks are to be of equal strength to the adjacent bulwarks and be capable of being secured closed at sea.

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