SURVIVAL CRAFT
APPLIES TO:
ALL COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS EXCEPT SOME VESSELS
OPERATING WITHIN 12 MILES OF THE COAST
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REQUIREMENTS: See following tables for specific requirements
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STANDARD:
-Less than 4 POB within 12 miles of coast
- None required
-Less than 36 feet with positive flotation
- None required
within 12 miles of coast
-Less than 36 feet 9 not on the High Seas
- None required
-For a documented vessel that operates in
- Required 9/1/92
North Pacific Area
-For a documented vessel that operates
- Required 9/1/93
in the Great Lakes or in the Atlantic Ocean
north and east of a line drawn at a bearing
150 true from Watch Hill Light; Rhode Island
-For all other documented vessels
- Required 9/1/94
-For all other vessels
- Required 9/1/95
-NVIC 1-92, Change 1, permits CG approved four-person "Ocean
Service" or "Limited Service" liferafts (approval # series
160.051) are permitted in lue of the required SOLAS liferaft
with "SOLAS A or B Packs".
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INSTRUCTORS NOTES:
-The CG approved four-person "Ocean Service" or "Limited Service"
liferafts are allowed because there are no SOLAS liferafts with a
capacity of less than six persons.
-Survival craft capacity must accommodate all persons on board.
-Survival craft installed prior to Sep. 15, 1991 may be used to meet
the requirements provided it is of the same type required and
maintained in good and servicable conditlon.
-The following is a list of acceptable survival craft in the order of
precedence. Any craft higher in order can be substituted for one of
lesser value. Provide a visual aid.
Lifeboat
Inflatable liferaft with SOLAS A pack
Inflatable liferaft with SOLAS B pack
Inflatable liferaft with coastal service pack
Inflatable buoyant apparatus
Life float
Buoyant apparatus
-An approved Lifeboat may be substituted for a survival craft.
-An auxiliary craft carried on board a vessel which is necessary to
normal fishing operations will satisfy all requirements for survival
craft, except for an inflatable liferaft, provided it is capable of
carrying all individuals on board.
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REFERENCE: 46 CFR 28.120, NVIC 1-92 (Change 1) t 46 USC 4506
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