Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 7 - Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements - 7.13 Manning of Survival Craft and Supervision:
7.13 Manning of Survival Craft and Supervision:
(1) There shall be a sufficient number of trained persons on board for mustering and assisting untrained persons.
(2) There shall be a sufficient number of crew members, who may be deck officers or other appropriately certificated crew members, on board for operating the survival craft and launching arrangements required for abandonment by the total number of persons on board.
(3) A deck officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge of each survival craft to be used provided that the Administration, having due regard to the nature of the voyage, the number of persons on board and the characteristics of the ship, may permit persons practised in the handling and operation of liferafts to be placed in charge of liferafts in lieu of persons qualified as above and in the case of lifeboats a second-in-command shall also be nominated.
(4) The person in charge of each of the survival craft shall have a list of the survival craft crew and shall ensure that the crew under his command are acquainted with their duties and in the case of lifeboats the second-in-command shall also have a list of the lifeboat crew.
(5) Every motorised survival craft shall have a person assigned who is capable of operating the engine and carrying out minor adjustments.
(6) The master shall ensure the equitable distribution of appropriately certificated crew members, referred to subsections (1), (2) and (3), among the ship's survival craft.
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