CONTROL OF HIRE CRAFT ACT

SAFETY APPLICANCES, EQUIPMENT AND POLLUTION RULES

NAME OF VESSEL: ..... HC No:. DISPLAYED: YES /NO

DATE:

NO. PAX: ..NO. CREW: BOARD DISPLAYING CARRYING CAPACITY: YES/NO

LICENSED COXSWAIN NAME: CERT. No. .. Expiry Date:
The following items of safety appliances and equipment are prescribed as a minimum for each vessel of the various categories
of vessels to be available onboard in operational satisfactory condition:

Item No. Description of safety Appliances and

Equipments units
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Approved lifejackets for each person onboard plus 10%

Suitable buoyancy aid for each person onboard
Life-buoys with self-igniting light plus 20 meters of light
rope
Four hand-held red distress flares
Two hand-held red distress flares
Four red rocket parachute flares
Two red rocket parachute flares
Two buoyant orange smoke markers
One waterproof signaling torch with a full set of spare
batteries and two spare bulbs
One radar reflector
MF/HF radio telephone (approved for GMDSS type for area
2) or Inmarsat communication system
VHF radio telephone (approved or GMDSS type for area 1)
Echo sounder or lead line
Suitable magnetic compass with table of deviation
Hand bearing or spare compass
Navigation charts appropriate for the voyage or operation
area
Electronic navigation equipment to determine position
Navigation equipments, publications and appropriate tables
for celestial navigation
Log book
One C02 or chemical fire extinguisher of at least 1.5kg with
the last services date not more than 12 months
Two fire extinguishers as prescribed in item 21
One manually operated bilge pump/suitable bailer
Two paddles or oars (small boats)
Suitable steel anchor and chain with at least 200
meters(may be less for vessel category) or synthetic rope of
adequate size and strength to the satisfactory of the
Authority
Spare steel anchor with chain or rope of adequate length,
size and strength to the satisfactory of the Authority
One liter of drinking water for each person onboard
First Aid box
Inflatable life-rafts to accommodate all person onboard
Navigation Lights
Garbage Book
Tide Table

HC >60

HC <60

HC <10

HC <2

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HC B
x

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Garbage Sticker
Safety Equipment Certificate
Operating License
Ship Radio Certificate

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Key:
HC>60 :

Hire Craft operating over 60 miles from inhabited shores within Seychelles coastal trading areas

HC 60 :

Hire Craft operating under 60 miles from inhabited shores within Seychelles coastal trading areas

HC 10 :

Hire Craft operating 10 miles from inhabited shores within Seychelles coastal trading areas

HC 2 :

Hire Craft operating under 2 miles from inhabited shores within Seychelles coastal trading areas

HC B :

Beach-Crafts

Key:
Rule2
Security and accessibility of equipment
All safety appliances and equipment shall be stowed, secured, packed or installed, as the case may be, as to
be readily accessible at all times by all persons onboard. Storages spaces shall not be locked at any time
whist the vessel is being use. All equipment shall be stowed, secured, packed or installed in such a way to
ensure its safe carriage in any state of weather.
Rule3
The Coxswain of any vessel shall
(a)

Inspect the safety appliances and equipment regularly and ensure that they are in good working
condition; and

(b)

Not use or display, or cause any person to use or display: (i) Any signal which by regulation is declared to be a signal of distress, except in the circumstances an
for the purpose prescribed; or
(ii) Any other signal, which can possibly be mistaken for any such signal of distress.

NAME OF SURVEYOR:..NAME OF COXSWAIN/OWNER:

SIGNATURE:

SIGNATURE:

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