SAFKTY OF LIFK AT SEA ClOl 



(ii) two plugs for each plug hole (plugs are not required when proper 

 automatic valves are fitted) attached to the lifeboat by lanyards 

 or chains; a baler, and two buckets of approved material; 



(iii) a rudder attached to the lifeboat and a tiller; 



(iv) two hatchets, one at each end of the lifeboat; 



(v) a lamp, with oil sufficient for 12 hours; two boxes of suitable matches 



in a watertight container; 

 (vi) a mast or masts, with galvanised wire stays together with sails 



(coloured orange); 

 (vii) an efficient compass in bmnacle, to be luminised or fitted with suitable 



means of illumination; 

 (viii) a lifeline becketed round the outside of the lifeboat; 

 (ix) a sea-anchor of approved size; 

 (x) two painters of sufficient length. One shall be secured to the forward 



end of the lifeboat with strop and toggle so that it can be released, 



and the other shall be firmly secured to the stem of the lifeboat 



and be ready for use; 

 (xi) a vessel containing one gallon (or four and half litres) of vegetable, 



fish or animal oil. The vessel shall be so constructed that the 



oil can be easily distributed on the water, and so arranged that it 



can be attached to the sea-anchor; 



(xii) a food ration, determined by the Administration, for each person 

 the lifeboat is certified to carry. These rations shall be kept in 

 airtight receptacles which are to be stowed in a watertight 

 container; 



(xiii) watertight receptacles containing six pints (or three litres) of fresh 

 water for each person the lifeboat is certified to carry, or water- 

 tight receptacles containing four pints (or two litres) of fresh water 

 for each person together with an approved de-salting apparatus 

 capable of providing two pints (or one litre) of drinking water per 

 person; a rustproof dipper with lanyard; a rustproof graduated 

 drinking vessel; 



(xiv) four parachute signals of approved type capable of giving a bright 

 red light at a high altitude; six hand flares of an approved type 

 giving a bright red light; 



(xv) two buoyant smoke signals of an approved type (for day-time use) 

 capable of giving off a volume of orange-coloured smoke; 



(xvi) approved means to enable persons to cling to the boat should it be 

 upturned, in the form of bilge keels or keel rails, together with 

 grab lines secured from gunwale to gunwale under the keel, or 

 other approved arrangements; 



(xvii) an approved first aid outfit in a watertight case; 



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