1

Lifesaving and personal safety equipment

Category "C" Craft Inshore

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 "C" Craft Inshore

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 "C" Craft Inshore

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

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 "C" Craft Inshore

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)

2

4.3

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

X