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No. 10 of 1899.
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No. 10 of 1899.
Table A.
Life-balts to be carried; Life-bnosa.
Additional hosts or life-rafte.
Basts to ba carried under davite.
Buoyant deck Attings in lieu of additional boats or life-ratio.
Lifa-buoya ta be carried.
Construction
of boats.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
side shall be a boat of section A, or section B, and on the other side shall be a boat of section A, or section B, or section C of rule 1 of the General Rules) that the boats on each side of the ship shall be sufficient to accommodate all persons on board. They shall have proper appliances for getting the boats into the water.
I.
2. They shall carry approved life-belts as required for ships of Class
3. They shall carry not less than 6 approved life-buoys, (rule 10 (4) and or 10 (b) of the General Rules).
CLASS III.
Rules for Steamships having Special Licences as River Steamers under section 38.
1. Ships of this class shall, according to their tonnage, carry boats placed under davits as required by the Table for ships in Class I.
2. If the boats placed under davits in accordance with the above requirements do not furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board then additional boats or approved life-rafts shall be supplied as for ships of Class I.
3. Provided that if (having regard to the avoidance of undue incum. brance of the ship's deck and to the safety of the ship for her voyage) it is not practicable for a ship of this class to carry additional approved boats or approved life-rafts as required for ships of Class I, the deficiency so caused may be made up by the supply of an equivalent number of approved buoyant deck seats or other approved buoyant deck fittings to the satisfaction of the Government Marine Surveyor.
4. At least one approved life-buoy (rule 10 (a) or 10 (b) of the General Rules) shall also be provided for each boat of wood or metal carried by the ship, but in no case shall less than 6 approved life-buoys be provided.
GENERAL RULES.
1.-Boats.
Nora. All bosts shall be properly constructed and equipped as provided by these rules, and all boats and other life-saving appliances are to be kept ready for use to the satisfaction of the Government Marine Surveyor.
Section A-A boat of this section shall be a life-boat properly con- structed of wood or metal having, for every 10 cubic feet of her capacity computed as in rule 2, at least one cubic foot of strong and serviceable enclosed air-tight compartments, such that water cannot find its way into them.
Section B-A bost of this section shall be a life-boat properly constructed of wood or metal beving inside and outside buoyancy apparatus together equal in efficiency to the buoyancy provided for a boat of section A. At least one-half of the buoyancy apparatus must be attached to the outside of the boat.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Section C-A boat of this section shall be a life-boat properly Tuble &. constructed of wood or metal baving some buoyancy apparatus attached to the inside and/or outside of the boat equal in efficiency to one-half the buoyancy epparatus provided for a boat of section A or section B. At least one-half the buoyancy apparatus must be attached to the outside of the boat.
Section D-A boat of this section shall be a properly constructed boat of wood or metal,
2.-Cubic capacity.
aubic
capacity of
Measure the length and breadth outside and the depth inside; Mode of multiply them together and by .6; the product is the capacity of the scortaining boat in cubic feet. Thus, a boat 28 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches broad, and 3 feet 8 inches deep will be regarded as having a capacity bot. of 28 x 8.5 x 8.5 x .6=499.8 or 500 enbis feet. If the oars are pulled in rowlocks, the bottom of the rowlock is to be considered the gunwale of the boat for ascertaining her depth.
8.-Number of persone for Boats.
The number of persons a boat of section A shall be deemed fit to Mode of Carry shall be the number of cubic feet (ascortained as in rule 2) divided ascertaining by 10. The number of persons a boat of sections B, C or D shall be number of deemed fit to carry shall be the number of cubic feet (ascertained as be carried by in rule 2), divided by 8. The space in the boat shall be sufficient for boat. the seating of the persons carried in it and for the proper use of the
oara.
4.-Appliances for lowering Boats.
persons to
boats into
Appliances for getting bosts into the water must fulfil the following Description conditions:-Means are to be provided for speedily detaching the boats of appliances from the lower blocks of the davit tackles; the hoats placed under
for getting davits are to be attached to the davit tackles and kept ready for ser- water. vice, the davits are to be strong enough and so spaced that the boats can be swung out with facility; the points of attachment of the boats to the davits are to be sufficiently away from the ends of the boats to ensure their being easily swung clear of the davits; the boats' chocks are to be such as can be expeditiously removed; the davits, falls, blocks, eye-bolts, rings, and the whole of the tackling are to be of sufficient strength; the boats' falls are to be long enough to lower the boat into the water with safety when the vessel is light; the life-lines fitted to the davits are to be long enough to reach the water when the vessel is light; and hooks are not to be attached to the lower tackle blocks.
5.-Equipment for Boats and for Life-rafta.
In order to be properly equipped each boat shall be provided as Equipment follows:-
(a) with the full (single banked) complement of cars, and two spare
oare;
for boats
and life-rafts.
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