Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 4 - Construction, Subdivision and Stability - Part V - Stability Management - 4.23 Periodical Operation and Inspection of Watertight doors, etc.:
4.23 Periodical Operation and Inspection of Watertight doors, etc.:
(1) Drills for the operating of watertight doors, sidescuttles, valves and closing mechanisms of scuppers, ash-chutes and rubbish-chutes shall take place weekly. In ships in which the voyage exceeds one week in duration a complete drill shall be held before leaving port, and others thereafter at least once a week during the voyage.
(2) All watertight doors, both hinged and power operated, in watertight bulkheads, in use at sea, shall be operated daily.
(3) The watertight doors and all mechanisms and indicators connected therewith, all valves, the closing of which is necessary to make a compartment watertight, and all valves the operation of which is necessary for damage control cross connections shall be periodically inspected at sea at least once a week.
(4) A record of all drills and inspections required by this regulation shall be entered in the log-book with an explicit record of any defects which may be disclosed.
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