10.6.1 Launching appliances complying with the
requirements of regulation III/48.1 and III/48.2, III/48.4 or III/48.6,
as applicable, should be provided for all lifeboats and davit-launched
liferafts. Notwithstanding regulation III/48.1.1, for column-stabilized
units, launching appliances should be capable of operating at the
list and trim resulting from any damaged condition under chapter 3.
10.6.2 Launching and recovery arrangements should
be such that the appliance operator on the unit is able to observe
the survival craft at all times during launching and lifeboats during
recovery.
10.6.3 Only one type of release mechanism should
be used for similar survival craft carried on board the unit.
10.6.4 Preparation and handling of survival craft
at any one launching station should not interfere with the prompt
preparation and handling of any other survival craft or rescue boat
at any other station.
10.6.5 Falls, where used, should be long enough
for the survival craft to reach the water with the unit under unfavourable
conditions, such as maximum air-gap, lightest transit or operational
condition or any damaged condition, as described in chapter 3.
10.6.6 During preparation and launching, the survival
craft, its launching appliance and the area of water into which it
is to be launched should be adequately illuminated by emergency lighting.
10.6.7 Means should be available to prevent any
discharge of fluids on to survival craft during abandonment.
10.6.8 All lifeboats required for abandonment
by the total number of persons permitted on board, should be capable
of being launched with their full complement of persons and equipment
within 10 min from the time the signal to abandon the unit is given.
10.6.9 Manual brakes should be so arranged that
the brake is always applied unless the operator, or a mechanism activated
by the operator, holds the brake control in the "off" position.
10.6.10 Each survival craft should be so arranged
as to clear each leg, column, footing, brace, mat and each similar
structure below the hull of a self-elevating unit and below the upper
hull of a column-stabilized unit, with the unit in an intact condition.
The Administration may allow a reduction in the total number of survival
craft meeting this requirement when the unit is in the transit mode
and the number of personnel on board has been reduced. In such cases,
sufficient survival craft to meet the requirements of this chapter,
including 10.2, should be available
for use by those personnel remaining on board.
10.6.11 In any case of damage specified in chapter
3, lifeboats with an aggregate capacity of not less than 100% of persons
on board should, in addition to meeting all other requirements of
launching and stowage contained in this chapter, be capable of being
launched clear of any obstruction.
10.6.12 Consideration should be given to the location
and orientation of the survival craft with reference to MODU design
such that clearance of the unit is achieved in an efficient and safe
manner having due regard to the capabilities of the survival craft.
10.6.13 Notwithstanding the requirements of regulation
III/48.2.6, the speed of lowering need not be greater than 1 m/s.