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LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT LISTS FOR VESSELS
OF VARIOUS TONNAGES AND LENGTHS
Every fishing vessel not exceeding 15 g.r.t. or 12.2 m in length shall carry
(1) one approved life jacket for each person on board;
(2) one approved lifebuoy fitted with 27 m of line; and
(3) one watertight can containing six approved self-igniting red flares.
Every fishing vessel not exceeding 15 g.r.t., but exceeding 12.2 m in length, shall
carry
(1) one approved life jacket for each person on board;
(2) a sufficient number of lifeboats, boats, dories, skiffs or seine skiffs to
accommodate all persons on board the vessel; and
(3) one watertight can containing six approved self-igniting red flares.
Every fishing vessel exceeding 15 g.r.t. or 12.2 m in length shall carry
(1) one approved lifejacket for each person on board the vessel;
(2) two approved lifebuoys, one fitted with 27 m of line and the other with an approved
lifebuoy light;
(3) in the case of a vessel the keel of which was laid on or after January 6, 1965,
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(i) a boat, dory or skiff capable of accommodating no fewer than four persons,
(ii) an inflatable life raft of sufficient capacity to accommodate
(A) 50 percent of the persons on board, or
(B) if the vessel makes voyages other than inland voyages and goes beyond the limits of
home-trade Class Ill voyages, 75 per cent of the persons on board; and
(iii) if the equipment required by subparagraphs (i) and (ii) is not capable of
accommodating 1½ times the number of persons on board, such additional boats , dories,
skiffs or inflatable life rafts as are necessary to provide accommodation in the aggregate
for 1½ times the number of persons on board; and
(4) in the case of a vessel the keel of which was laid before January 6, 1965,
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(i) the equipment described in paragraph (3),
(ii) a boat, dory or skiff capable of accommodating not fewer than four persons,
together with inflatable life rafts capable of accommodating all persons on board; or
(iii) a sufficient number of lifeboats, boats, dories or skiffs capable of
accommodating all persons on board, except that a vessel equipped in accordance with
subparagraph (3)(ii)(B) (other than inland voyages and goes beyond the limits of
home-trade Class Ill voyages) shall carry an inflatable life raft of sufficient capacity
to accommodate 75 percent of the persons on board, in addition to the equipment already
carried.
NOTE: a boat, dory or skiff, capable of accommodating not fewer than four persons,
means a boat of not less than 106 cu. ft. capacity. The load capacity plate attached to
stock purchased boats is not applicable to equipment on inspected vessels.
"Approved" lifejacket means a standard keyhole lifejacket, which is marked
"D. O. T. Standard, Adult over 90 Ibs". Approved "Small Vessel"
lifejackets are not permitted.
Every fishing vessel exceeding 15 g.r.t. or 12.2 m in length is required to carry the
following equipment for each lifeboat, boat, dory or skiff provided in compliance with the
Regulations. Such equipment shall be kept readily available in case of emergency:
(1) one full bank of oars and a complete set of rowlocks or thole pins,
(2) where the vessel operates in salt water, one suitable container holding at least 1
L of fresh water for each person that the boat is deemed capable of carrying,
(3) one watertight can containing 12 approved self-igniting red flares,
(4) one bucket and one bailer,
(5) two sheath knives or hatchets, except that only one sheath knife or hatchet is
required for a dory,
(6) one boat hook or fishing gaff,
(7) one storm lantern with sufficient oil to burn for at least seven hours, and a
watertight can of matches.
(8) one painter attached to bows of boat,
(9) one dory compass, and
(10) one sea anchor, except in the case of a dory.
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