SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA C117 



Regulation 29 



Stowage and Handling of Lifeboats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus 



{a) Lifeboats and liferafts shall be stowed to the satisfaction of the 

 Administration in such a way that: — 



(i) they can all be launched in the shortest possible time and in not more 

 than 30 minutes; 



(ii) they will not impede in any way the prompt handling of any of the 

 other lifeboats, liferafts or buoyant apparatus or the marshalling 

 of the persons on board at the launching stations, or their 

 embarkation; 



(iii) the lifeboats, and the liferafts for which approved launching devices 

 are required to be carried, shall be capable of being put into the 

 water loaded with their full complement of persons and equipment 

 even in unfavourable conditions of trim and of 15 degrees of list 

 either way; and 



(iv) the liferafts for which approved launching devices are not required to 

 be carried, and the buoyant apparatus, shall be capable of being 

 put into the water even in unfavourable conditions of trim and of 

 15 degrees of list either way. 



{b) Every lifeboat shall be attached to a separate set of davits. 



(c) Lifeboats may only be stowed on more than one deck if proper 

 measures are taken to prevent lifeboats on a lower deck being fouled by 

 those stowed on a deck above. 



{d) Lifeboats, and liferafts for which approved launching devices are 

 required to be carried shall not be placed in the bow of the ship. They shall 

 be stowed in such positions as to ensure safe launching having particular 

 regard to clearance from the propeller and steeply overhanging portions of 

 the hull aft. 



{e) Davits shall be of approved design and shall be suitably placed to the 

 satisfaction of the Administration. They shall be so disposed on one or 

 more decks that the lifeboats placed under them can be safely lowered 

 without interference from the operation of any other davits. 



(/) Davits shall be as follows : — 



(i) luffing or gravity type for operating lifeboats weighing not more 

 than 2^ tons (or 2,300 kilogrammes) in their turning out condition; 



(ii) gravity type for operating lifeboats weighing more than 1\ tons (or 

 2,300 kilogrammes) in their turning out condition. 



Ch. 3 



