1. Lifeboats and Rescue Boats
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Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - MGN 280 - Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure, Workboats and Pilot Boats - Alternative Construction Standards - Annex 1 - Extract from MGN 105 (M) - Guidelines on the Use and Fitting of Retro-Reflective Materials on Life-Saving Appliances - 1. Lifeboats and Rescue Boats

1. Lifeboats and Rescue Boats

 Retro-reflective materials should be fitted on top of the gunwale as well as on the outside of the boat as near the gunwale as possible. The materials should be sufficiently wide and long to give a minimum area of 150cm2 and should be spaced at suitable intervals (approximately 80cm from centre to centre). If a canopy is fitted, it should be allowed to obscure the materials fitted on the outside of the boat, and the top of the canopy should be fitted with retro-reflective materials similar to those mentioned above and spaced at suitable intervals (approximately 80cm from centre to centre). In the case of partly enclosed or totally enclosed lifeboats, such materials should be placed as follows:

  • .1 for detection by horizontal light beams - at suitable intervals at half the height between the gunwale and the top of the fixed cover; and

  • .2 for detection by vertical light beams (e.g. from helicopters) - at suitable intervals around the outer portion of the horizontal (or comparable) part of the top of the fixed cover;

  • .3 retro-reflective materials should also be fitted on the bottom of lifeboats and rescue boats which are not self-righting.

Parent topic: Annex 1 - Extract from MGN 105 (M) - Guidelines on the Use and Fitting of Retro-Reflective Materials on Life-Saving Appliances
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