REVIEW OF THE MODU CODE, LSA CODE AND MSC.1/CIRC.1206/REV.1

CHAPTER 10
LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT
10.3 Survival craft
11 Add new chapeau following existing 10.3.6, and new sections 10.3.7 and 10.3.8:
"Accounting for anthropomorphic differences in average body mass 10.3.7 Except as provided in 10.3.8, in applying the provisions of paragraph 4.4.2.2 of the LSA Code and paragraph 6.7.1 of resolution MSC.81(70), part 1, the average body mass of the lifeboat occupant should be assumed to be 95 kg, with a corresponding seat radius of 265 mm.
10.3.8 Where it can be demonstrated that the average body mass of the lifeboat occupants differs from 95 kg, the provisions of paragraph 4.4.2.2 of the LSA Code and paragraph 6.7.1 of resolution MSC.81(70), part 1, may be increased or decreased accordingly. The seat width should be adjusted by 4 mm for each 1 kg difference in average body mass."
10.8 Rescue boats
12 The text of the existing section 10.8 is amended to read:
"Each unit should carry at least one rescue boat complying with the requirements of the LSA Code. A lifeboat may not be accepted as a rescue boat, provided that it and its launching and recovery arrangements also comply with the requirements for a rescue boat."
10.9 Stowage of rescue boats
13 The existing paragraph 10.9.5 is deleted.
10.10 Rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements
14 In paragraph 10.10.3, the second sentence is deleted.