What safety material for semi-rigid boats?
If a Semi-rigid outing It remains above all a pleasure, it should not be for the least forget the safety rules!
Whether you sail in fresh or sea waters, it is indeed necessary (and compulsory!) To provide all the suitable safety and rescue equipment.
Today, Orca Retail returns to the equipment to embark on your boat to make sure you don't forget anything!
The first thing to know is that the rules of security equipment will depend on the area in which you navigate.
Safety equipment at sea
For sea navigation, the compulsory equipment to be expected depends on the distance with the side (or more exactly, distance from a "shelter"), depending on 4 distinct zones:
- Basic : Less than 2 nautical miles of a shelter (less than 3.7 km)
- Coastal: Between 2 and 6 miles (3.7 km - 11.1 km)
- Semi-haututress: Between 6 and 60 miles (11.1km to 111km)
- Hauturière: beyond 60 miles (more than 111km)
The following safety checklist is applicable to all boats less than 24m long:
| Safety equipment boat | Navigation areas | |||
| Basic | Coastal | Semi-h. | Haunter | |
| Individual buoyancy equipment (Eif) by on -board person |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Light |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Mobile control means against fire |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Drinking device manual |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Towing device |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Mooring line |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Directory of tides |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| National pavilion (excluding territorial waters) |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Tracking device and assistance for people at sea |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| 3 red lights reporting |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| Magnetic compass (or GPS in the coast) |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| Official marine cards |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| International regulations for Preventing the approaches at sea |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| System description marking |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| Survival raft |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Material for point |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Fire book up to date |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Dashboard |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Reception device Meteorological bulletins |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Harness and loin by ship for non-soliaries |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Harness and loose per person embedded for sailboats |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| First aid kit |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Light price for Night search and tracking |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Location radiobalise claims |
✅ |
|||
| Fixed VHF |
✅ |
✅ |
||
| Portable VHF |
✅ |
|||
Source: Decree of November 23, 1987 relating to ship safety
Interior water safety equipment
Regarding navigation in soft water / interior waters, there are 3 categories:
- Interior waters sheltered : These are all the outdoor water bodies listed below.
- Interior waters exposed : more dangerous, these areas are subject to a separate regulation, and its listsAnnex 1 of the decree of February 10, 2016. Examples: rivers or rivers sections (Rhine, Seine, Rhône, Loire), rivers or sections of rivers (Dordogne, Gironde, Somme), lakes (Annecy, Lacanau, Bourget), Canals (Calais Canal).
- Lake Geneva : only applicable to cross -border lake.
The following safety checklist is applicable to all boats 2.5 to 20m long:
| Safety equipment | Navigation areas | ||
| Sheltered | Presentations | Lake Geneva | |
| Individual buoyancy equipment per on -board person |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Drying device (fixed or mobile) |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Control device against fire |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Towing device and mooring |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Appropriate anchorage line |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| Waterproof torch lamp or luminous location individual worn permanently (1 per on -board person) |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| 3 red lights reporting |
✅ |
||
| Sound signaling means |
✅ |
||
| Magnetic compass Waterproof (ISO standard) |
✅ |
||
| Navigation card of the frequented area |
✅ |
||
Source: Decree of February 10, 2016 relating to the armament and safety equipment of the pleasure boats sailing or parking in the interior waters
Medical kit
Your medical supplies kit is also precisely regulated. According to theArticle 240-2.16 of the maritime code, the latter must have the elements below at least:
|
Article |
Detail |
|
Autoadhesive band (10cm) |
1 roller 4 m (width 10 cm) |
|
Pancake |
1 roller 4 m (width 10 cm) |
|
Sterile gauze compresses |
1 pack of 5 (Midsized) |
|
Waterproof sterile adhesive dressings |
1 box (Assortment 3 sizes) |
|
Hemostatic cushion |
1 unit (CHUT type) |
|
Sparadrap |
1 roll |
|
Non -sterile examination gloves |
1 box (M & L size) |
|
Hydroalcoholic gel |
1 75 ml bottle |
|
Survival coverage |
1 unit |
|
Chlorhexidine |
Local solution - 5 ml at 0.05 % |
Sauge vests (individual buoyancy equipment)
EIFs are also regulated and must be adapted to the morphology of each on -board person, as well as to the navigated area:
- Up to 2 miles from a shelter : Assistance to the buoyancy of at least 50 Newtons
- Up to 6 miles from a shelter : Laundry vest of at least 100 Newtons
- All areas : Life vest of at least 150 Newtons
- Children less than 30 kg : Life vest of at least 100 newtons, regardless of the distance from a shelter.
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