SCHEDULE 6 LAUNCHING APPLIANCES AND EMBARKATION LADDERS

PART III LIFERAFT LAUNCHING APPLIANCES

7.7 Winches
If the lowering of the liferaft is actuated from within the raft by means of a control wire paid off from an auxiliary drum on the winch:
7.7.1 the mass of the control wire shall be sufficient to overcome the friction of the various pulleys on the control wire;
7.7.2 the winch brake shall be operable from within the liferaft;
7.7.3 the winch brake shall not be affected by the mass of the fully extended control wire nor the wind effects on it; and
7.7.4 there shall be sufficient length of control wire available at the liferaft during all stages of lowering.