4.2.4 Access into inflatable liferafts
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4.2.4 Access into inflatable liferafts

  4.2.4.1 At least one entrance shall be fitted with a boarding ramp, capable of supporting a person weighing 100 kg sitting or kneeling and not holding onto any other part of the liferaft, to enable persons to board the liferaft from the sea. The boarding ramp shall be so arranged as to prevent significant deflation of the liferaft if the ramp is damaged. In the case of a davit-launched liferaft having more than one entrance, the boarding ramp shall be fitted at the entrance opposite the bowsing lines and embarkation facilities.

  4.2.4.2 Entrances not provided with a boarding ramp shall have a boarding ladder, the lowest step of which shall be situated not less than 0.4 m below the liferaft's light waterline.

  4.2.4.3 There shall be means inside the liferaft to assist persons to pull themselves into the liferaft from the ladder.

Parent topic: 4.2 Inflatable liferafts
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