Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 2 - Load Lines - 2.17 Reduced Sill Heights & Coaming (summery of requirements from earlier sections)
2.17 Reduced Sill Heights & Coaming (summery of requirements from earlier sections)
(1) A reduction in door sill height is allowed to the satisfaction of the Administration in accordance with section 2.5(5), provided that the vessel has increased freeboard in accordance section 2.2(2), and can comply with the enhanced survivability standard as defined in section 4.30, with the space or spaces to which the door leads flooded as per 2.17(4).
(2) Hatches without any coamings are allowed in accordance with section 2.7(4), including, but not limited to, that the vessel can comply with the enhanced survivability standard as defined in Section 4.30, with the space or spaces to which the hatch leads flooded as per 2.17(4).
(3) Miscellaneous Openings in Freeboard and Superstructure Decks may have reduced coamings considered in accordance with section 2.8(2) subject to the vessel being able to comply with the enhanced survivability standard in section 4.30, with the space or spaces to which the opening leads flooded as per 2.17(4).
(4) Where compliance with the enhanced survivability standard in section 4.30, with the space or spaces to which the opening leads flooded is required, the compartment supplied by the opening is to be assumed to be flooded to the outside waterline. With the compartment flooded the vessel must be shown to meet the criteria set out in Section 4.30.
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