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1 Rules for Classification and Construction I Ship Technology 3 Special Craft 4 Guidelines for Lifeboats and Rescue Boats Edition 2008 The following Guidelines come into force on November 1st, 2008 Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft Head Office Vorsetzen 35, 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 40 36149-0 Fax: +49 40 36149-200 "General Terms and Conditions" of the respective latest edition will be applicable (see Rules for Classification and Construction , I - Ship Technology, Part 0 - Classification and Surveys). Reproduction by printing or photostatic means is only permissible with the consent of Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft. Published by: Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg Printed by: Gebr der Braasch GmbH, Hamburg Table of Contents Section 1 General Requirements A. General .. 1- 1 B. Definition of Principal Boat Parameters .. 1- 2 C. Ambient Conditions.

2 1- 4 D. Principle Design Requirements .. 1- 5 Section 2 Certification Procedure A. General .. 2- 1 B. Steps of GL Conformity Procedure .. 2- 1 C. GL Acceptance of Approvals by other Societies/Authorities .. 2- 10 D. Periodical Surveys .. 2- 10 Section 3 Buoyancy and Stability A. General .. 3- 1 B. Buoyancy .. 3- 1 C. Stability .. 3- 1 Section 4 Hull Structures A. General .. 4- 1 B. Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) Materials .. 4- 1 C. General Practical Approval Tests .. 4- 2 D. Design Loads for Normal Operation .. 4- 2 E. Determination Procedure for FRP Structures .. 4- 2 Section 5 Hull Outfit A. General .. 5- 1 B. Painting and Marking .. 5- 1 C. Rudder .. 5- 1 D.

3 Manoeuvring Equipment .. 5- 4 E. Release Mechanism .. 5- 6 F. Enclosures .. 5- 7 G. Access to the Lifeboat .. 5- 8 H. Doors, Hatches and Windows .. 5- 9 I. Seating .. 5- 10 J. Lockers and Compartments .. 5- 11 K. Miscellaneous Loose lifeboat equipment .. 5- 11 L. Tests .. 5- 13 Section 6 Fire Protection and Fire Extinguishing Equipment B. Fire Protection .. 6- 1 D. Tests .. 6- 2 I - Part 3 GL 2008 Table of Contents Chapter 4 Page 3 Section 7 Machinery Installations A. General .. 7- 1 B. Internal Combustion Engines .. 7- 2 C. Power Transmission .. 7- 4 D. Auxiliary Systems .. 7- 6 E. Ventilation .. 7- 9 F. Steering Gear.

4 7- 10 G. Tools and Spare Parts .. 7- 11 H. Tests .. 7- 12 Section 8 Electrical Installations A. General .. 8- 1 B. Power Supply .. 8- 1 C. Distribution System .. 8- 2 D. Consumers .. 8- 3 E. Spare Parts .. 8- 4 F. Tests .. 8- 4 Section 9 Special Requirements for Lifeboats used as Tenders A. General .. 9- 1 B. Lifeboat Service .. 9- 1 C. Tender Service .. 9- 1 Section 10 Special Requirements for Rescue Boats and Fast Rescue Boats A. General .. 10- 1 B. Requirements for the Design .. 10- 1 C. Rescue Boat Equipment .. 10- 2 D. Additional Requirements for Inflated Rescue Boats .. 10- 3 E. Additional Requirements for Fast Rescue Boats .. 10- 4 F. Tests .. 10- 5 Section 11 Tests for Lifeboats and Rescue Boats A.

5 General .. 11- 1 Chapter 4 Page 4 Table of Contents I - Part 3GL 2008 Index A Access .. 1-5, 5-8 Air cooling system .. 7-8 Ambient Conditions .. 1-4 Anchor equipment .. 5-4 Anchor gear .. 5-5 Approval tests .. 4-2 Approvals by other societies/authorities .. 2-10 Arctic conditions .. 5-13, 7-8 B Bailing .. 10-5 Batteries .. 8-2 Boarding ladder .. 5-9 Buoyancy .. 3-1, 10-4 Buoyancy stability .. 10-1, 10-4 C Cables .. 8-3 Canopy .. 1-3, 5-8 Carrying capacity .. 1-5, 9-1, 10-1, 10-4 Certificate of conformity .. 2-8, 2-9 Certificates .. 2-7, 9-1 Certification .. 1-1, 2-1 Classification .. 1-1, 2-10 Closure conditions .. 1-3, 3-1 Communication .. 8-4, 10-5 Compass .. 8-4 Composite structure .. 4-1 Composite structures .. 2-3 Conformity procedure .. 2-1 Couplings .. 7-5 D Data plate .. 2-10 Design loads .. 4-2 Design requirements .. 1-5 Documentation.

6 2-4, 6-1, 7-2, 8-1 I - Part 3 GL 2008 Index Chapter 4 Page 5 Doors .. 5-9 Drainage system .. 7-8 Drinking water .. 7-9 E Electrical installations .. 8-1 Enclosure .. 1-3 Enclosures .. 5-7, 10-2 Environment .. 1-4 Equipment .. 5-11, 9-1, 10-2, 10-5 Exhaust system .. 7-8 F Factors of safety .. 4-3 Factors of safety (FoS) .. 4-4 Fast rescue boats .. 1-8 Fast Rescue Boats .. 10-4 Fenders .. 5-6 Fibre reinforced plastics .. 4-1 Fire extinguishers .. 6-2 Fire extinguishing .. 6-2 Fire protection .. 6-1 Fire-protected lifeboats .. 1-7, 6-1, 7-9 Free-fall lifeboats .. 1-4, 1-6, 5-7, 5-10, 7-3, 7-4 Fresh water system .. 7-8 Fuel system .. 7-7 G Gearing .. 7-5 Generators .. 8-1 H Handholds .. 5-9 Hatches .. 5-9 Hull outfit .. 5-1, 10-2, 10-4, 10-5 Hull structures .. 10-4 Hull Structures .. 4-1 I Inflated rescue boats .. 10-3, 10-6 Interference.

7 8-4 Chapter 4 Page 6 Index I - Part 3GL 2008 Internal combustion engines .. 7-2 Internal painting .. 5-1 L Lighting .. 8-3 Lockers .. 5-11, 10-2 Loose Lifeboat Equipment .. 5-11 Loose rescue boat equipment .. 10-2 Lubrication system .. 7-8 M Machinery installations .. 7-1, 10-2, 10-5 Marking .. 5-1, 10-2, 10-4 Metal hulls .. 2-2, 4-1 Minimum thicknesses .. 4-3 N Navigation .. 8-3 Noise protection .. 7-3 O Operating and monitoring equipment .. 7-2 Outboard motors .. 7-3, 10-5, 10-6 P Parameters .. 1-2 Partially enclosed lifeboats .. 1-6, 7-9 Periodical surveys .. 2-10 Plastic pipes and hoses .. 7-6 Propeller shaft .. 7-4, 7-5 Propellers .. 7-4 R Regulations and standards .. 1-1, 7-1, 8-1 Release mechanism .. 5-6 Rescue boats .. 1-7, 10-1 Rigid fast rescue boats .. 10-6 Rowing equipment .. 5-6 Rudder .. 5-1, 7-11 Rudder bearings .. 5-3 Rudder couplings.

8 5-3 Rudder stock .. 5-2 I - Part 3 GL 2008 Index Chapter 4 Page 7 S Sandwich Construction .. 4-2 Scantling determination .. 4-2 Sea water system .. 7-8 Search lights .. 8-3 Seating .. 5-10, 10-2 Self-contained air support system .. 1-7, 6-1, 7-9 Spare parts .. 7-11, 8-4 Speed .. 1-3, 1-5, 7-2, 10-4 Speeds .. 10-1 Stability .. 3-1 Starters .. 7-3, 8-3 Steering gear .. 9-1, 10-5 Steering Gear .. 7-10 Stiffener scantling determination .. 4-3 Storage batteries .. 8-2 Surfaces .. 5-9 Switchgear .. 8-3 T Tender boats .. 9-1 Tender boats: .. 9-1 Test reports .. 11-1 Tests .. 2-6, 5-13, 6-2, 7-12, 8-4, 10-5, 11-1 Tools .. 7-11 Totally enclosed lifeboats .. 1-6, 5-8, 7-4, 7-9 Towing .. 1-3, 5-6, 10-1, 10-5 Type examination certificate .. 2-7 V Ventilation .. 7-1, 7-9, 8-2 Vibrations .. 1-5 Visibility .. 5-1 W Warping equipment .. 5-5 Windows.

9 5-9 Wooden hulls .. 4-1 Workshop approval .. 2-1 Chapter 4 Page 8 Index I - Part 3GL 2008 Section 1 General RequirementsA. General 1. Application Lifeboats and rescue boats are not part of the Classi-fication of the ship carrying these boats by Ger-manischer Lloyd (GL). These boats will be treated completely independent from the ship and therefore a separate application for the Certification or Classifi-cation of lifeboats or rescue boats has to be presented to GL, compare Section 2. Thus these requirements for lifeboats and rescue boats are a Guideline of Germanischer Lloyd. 2. Certification Lifeboats These Guidelines cover the Certification of lifeboats by GL as a notified body according to the Marine Equipment Directive 96/98/EC (MED) of the Euro-pean Communities for following types of lifeboats: partially enclosed lifeboats totally enclosed lifeboats lifeboats with self-contained air support system fire-protected lifeboats tenders used as lifeboats free-fall lifeboats Rescue boats In addition the Certification of rescue boats according to MED is covered by these Guidelines for the fol-lowing types of rescue boats: rescue boats with rigid hull rescue boats with inflated hull rescue boats with rigid/inflated hull fast rescue boats with the hull configurations as defined for rescue boats Procedure The Certification procedure is described in detail in Section 2.

10 The marking of certified boats is defined in Section 2, 3. Classification For flag states outside the European Communities GL can provide the Classification of the types of lifeboats and rescue boats defined in 2. as a Classification Society and not as a notified body. The Rules for Classification are technically identical to the requirements for Certification described in the following Sections. The marking of classified boats by the prescribed data plate is defined in Section 2, 4. Materials As materials for the Construction of these boats fibre reinforced plastics and sandwich compositions are fully considered. For other materials see Section 2, and references in Section 4, A. 5. Basic requirements The basic requirements defined in these Guidelines have to be met for the Certification and Classification by GL of lifeboats for an unrestricted range of ser-vice.