228 SOCIETY NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. 



Article 46. 



EQUIPMENT OF BOATS AND PONTOON RAFTS. 



Article XL of the annexed Regulations prescribes the equipment for boats and pon- 

 toon rafts. All loose equipment must be securely attached to the boat or pontoon raft to 

 which it belongs. 



Article 47. 



STOWAGE OF BOATS NUMBER OF DAVITS. 



The arrangements to be made for the stowage of the boats and in particular the ex- 

 tent to which pontoon rafts may be accepted are specified in Articles XLI, XLII, and 

 XLIII of the annexed Regulations. 



The minimum number of sets of davits is fixed in relation to the length of the vessel; 

 provided that a number of sets of davits greater than the number of boats necessary for 

 the accommodation of all the persons on board may not be required. 



Article 48. 



HANDLING OF THE BOATS AND RAFTS. 



All the boats and rafts must be stowed in such a way that they can be launched in 

 the shortest possible time and that, even under unfavorable conditions of list and trim 

 from the point of view of the handling of the boats and rafts, it may be possible to em- 

 bark in them as large a number of persons as possible. 



The arrangements must be such that it may be possible to launch on either side of the 

 vessel as large a number of boats and rafts as possible. 



Supplementary instructions are given in Article XLIV of the annexed Regulations. 



Article 49. 



STRENGTH AND OPERATION OF THE DAVITS. 



The davits shall be of such strength that the boats can be lowered with their full com- 

 plement of persons and equipment, the vessel being assumed to have a list of 15 degrees. 



The davits must be fitted with a gear of sufficient power to insure that the boat can 

 be turned out against the maximum list under which the lowering of the boats is possible 

 on the vessel in question. 



Article 50. 



OTHER APPLIANCES EQUIVALENT TO DAVITS. 



Any appliance may be accepted in lieu of davits or sets of davits if the Administra- 

 tion concerned is satisfied, after proper trials, that the appliance in question is as effective 

 as davits for placing the boats in the water. 



The Government of the High Contracting Party which accepts a new type of appli- 

 ance shall communicate to the other Contracting Parties particulars of the appliance with 

 details of the trials made. 



