1

Lifesaving and personal safety equipment

Category B Craft Offshore

1.1

A suitable PFD/Lifejacket for each person on board, of at least 150 Newtons (CE EN 396) (see appendix 5).

X

1.2

Crew safety harness/lifelines for all crew that may have to work on deck at any time.

X

1.3

Appropriate clothing.

X

1.4

An immersion suit per crewmember if operating in northern latitudes.

X

1.5

Jack Lines capable of being rigged port & starboard and extending from the aft of the cockpit to the foredeck for use with crew lifelines.

X

1.6

Life raft of sufficient capacity to cater for all crew carried. (Category Craft ''Inshore'' engaged on overnight coastal passages)

X

1.7

Emergency Liferaft Grab Bag for abandoning ship.

X

1.8

A buoyant heaving line/throw bag.

X

1.9

Horseshoe type lifebelt with light. Danbuoy with flag fitted to one lifebelt.

X

1.10

Buoyancy sling with floating line - can be fitted in lieu of one horseshoe lifebelt.

X

1.11

Boarding Ladder

X

2

Flares (All to be within expiry date)

Category B Craft Offshore

2.1

Hand held distress flares.

4

2.2

Hand held white flares.

4

2.3

Parachute rocket red flares

4

2.4

Orange smoke signal canisters.

2

3

Radios and Communications

Category "B" Craft Offshore

3.1

A suitable fixed Marine Band VHF radio transmitter, with DSC facility (Operators licence required from MRAU).

X

3.2

Marine Band MF/HF/SSB and/or global satellite communication system.

3.3

EPIRB - type 406 - registered in the name of the vessel.

X

3.4

Radio Transponder unit - SART.

3.5

Waterproof hand held radio.

X

3.6

A radio receiver AM/FM, capable of receiving shipping forecasts, and national/local weather forecasts.

X

4

Fire Fighting

Category "B" Craft Offshore

4.1

Fire blanket - CE marked

X

4.2

Fire extinguishers in addition to a suitable extinguisher to fight oil fires in engine spaces or fire bucket. (Do not deploy the bucket overboard while the boat is moving)

3

4.3

All cooker/heaters using Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) should be installed as outlined in Marine Notice No. 1 of 2000.

X

5

Navigation Equipment

Category "B" Craft Offshore

5.1

Echo Sounder

X

5.2

Steering Compass

X

5.3

Hand Bearing Compass

X

5.4

Speed Log

X

5.5

GPS

X

5.6

Radar Reflector

X

5.7

Foghorn, powered or aerosol type

X

5.8

Barometer

X

5.9

Clock

X

5.10

Binoculars

X

5.11

Sextant and tables

5.12

Navigation drawing instruments, parallel ruler, dividers or plotting instrument

X

5.13

Full set of fixed navigation lights including anchor lights

X

5.14

Suitable up to date charts, nautical publications and tide tables for areas of cruising

X

6

Bilge Pumping

Category "B" Craft Offshore

6.1

Manual bilge pump capable of pumping from any hull watertight compartment and with all hatches closed

2

6.2

At least one complete repair kit including spares should be carried

X

6.3

An electric or engine driven pump can be substituted for a manual model

X

6.4

A bucket of capacity 8-12 litres, siutably fitted with a rope lanyard. (Do not deploy the bucket overboard while the boat is moving)

X

6.5

Softwood tapered plugs, located adjacent to all, through hull underwater fittings

X

6.6

All through hull fittings to be fitted with isolation valves

X

7

Anchors and Warps

Category "B" Craft Offshore

7.1

Anchor with chain/warp, as appropriate for a vessels size, and operating area ground holding conditions.

2

7.2

Boats should have a suitably reinforced deck cleat/Samson post on the foredeck, and means of closing over the bow roller or fairlead used when anchoring

X

7.3

7.3 An adequate supply of warps and fenders, these should include siutable warps to allow the craft be towed if necessary.

X

8

General Equipment

Category "B" Craft Offshore

8.1

Emergency steering means, i.e. tiller for vessels fitted with wheel steering as their primary means of steering

X

8.2

Waterproof torch, capable of also being used for signalling

X

8.3

An appropriate tool kit and spare parts for the type of craft being used

X

8.4

Suitable secondary means of engine starting including battery or hand start

X

8.5

Suitable First Aid Kit including a First Aid manual

X

8.6

Storm sails which can be quickly rigged, or the facility to deep reef sails on yachts.

X

8.7

Emergency repair kit including sail repair kit, spare wash boards and window blanks.

X

8.8

Emergency water supply.

X

8.9

Bosun's Chair.

X

8.10

Instruction manuals for vessels essential equipment.

X

8.11

Rigid or inflatable tender

X