The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI (A)) Regulations 1992 No. 2359

SCHEDULE 6 LAUNCHING APPLIANCES AND EMBARKATION LADDERS

PART III LIFERAFT LAUNCHING APPLIANCES

Winches

7.2  The speed at which the fully laden liferaft is lowered into the water shall be not less than that obtained from the formula:

where

• S=speed of lowering in meters per second and

• H=height in metres from davit head, at the outboard position, to the waterline at the lightest seagoing condition.

• In the case of a ship where “H” exceeds 15 metres the lowering speeds need not exceed 0.7 metre per second.