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Summary of Equipment Required
by Length of Vessel

 

The tables presented below represent a summary of the equipment requirements for Pleasure Craft as specified in the Small Vessel Regulations.

Under specific circumstances, the following vessels may be exempted from carrying the minimum equipment listed below.

  • multi-hull vessel with multiple-sealed hull,
  • non power-driven vessel of less than 6 m,
  • paddleboat,
  • stand-up paddleboard,
  • personal watercraft,
  • racing canoes,
  • racing kayaks,
  • racing rowing shells,
  • sailboard,
  • self-baling sealed hull, and
  • water cycle.

For example, a bailer or manual bilge pump is not required to be carried on board a pleasure craft that cannot retain a sufficient quantity of water to make it capsize or whose compartments are sealed and are not readily accessible.

This means, for example, that a bailer or bilge pump is not required for a 4 metre pontoon boat or a personal watercraft.

 

 


In the tables below

 


 Yes 


indicates a required item.


 Yes 

 Yes 

indicates a required choice of one of the items highlighted in yellow

    PWC         means Personal Watercraft.

 

Personal Protection
Equipment

Vessel Type or Length (metres)
human
power
PWC
wearing
PFD
up
to
6
+6 to
9

+9 to
12
+12 to
24
+24

1

personal flotation device or lifejacket, correct size, for each person on board

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

buoyant heaving line (not less than 30m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

1

buoyant heaving line (not less than 15m)

 **Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

1 

small vessel lifebuoy (610 mm) or SOLAS lifebuoy (762 mm) attached to not less than 15m buoyant heaving line

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

1

small vessel lifebuoy (610 mm) or SOLAS lifebuoy (762 mm) with 15m buoyant heaving line or self-igniting light

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

2   

SOLAS lifebuoys (762 mm), one attached to 30m buoyant heaving line, one with self-igniting light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

1

reboarding device if freeboard
greater than 0.5m

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

1

reboarding device

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

lifting harness with appropriate rigging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 **Yes 
Buoyant heaving line not required for paddleboats, watercycles, stand-up paddleboards and sealed-hull sit-on-top kayaks.

 

Boat Safety Equipment
Vessel Type or Length (metres)
human
power
PWC
up
to
6
+6 to
9
+9 to
12
+12 to
24
+24

1

manual propelling device

 Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

1

anchor, not less than 15m cable, rope or chain

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

1

anchor, not less than 30m cable, rope or chain

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

 

1

anchor, not less than 50m cable, rope or chain

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

bailer, 65 sq. cm opening, 750ml volume

 Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

1

manual pump with sufficient hose

 Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes  

 

 

  

bilge pumping arrangements

 Yes 

 

 

 

 Yes  

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

class 5BC portable fire extinguisher if power driven

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

 

 

1

class 5BC portable fire extinguisher if equipped with inboard engine and fixed tank

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

 

1

class 5BC portable fire extinguisher if equipped with fuel burning appliances

 Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

1

class 10BC portable fire extinguisher if power driven

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

 

1

class 10BC portable fire extinguisher if equipped with fuel burning appliances

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

class 10BC portable fire extinguisher at each access to any space where a fuel burning appliance is fitted

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

class 10BC portable fire extinguisher at entrance to any accomodation space

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

class 10BC portable fire extinguisher at entrance to the engine room space

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

axe

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

2

axes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

2

buckets, each > 10 L

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

4

buckets, each > 10 L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

1

power-driven fire pump outside machinery space with hose and nozzle to reach any part

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 

Distress Equipment
Vessel Type or Length (metres)
human
power
PWC
up
to
6
+6 to
9
+9 to
12
+12 to
24
+24

1

watertight flashlight

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

1

watertight flashlight, sunset to sunrise, restricted visibility

 Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

pyrotechnic distress signals, not more than one which is a smoke signal

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

 

6

pyrotechnic signals, not more than 2 smoke signals, if you can go more than 1 mile from shore

 

 

 

 **Yes 

 

 

 

6;

pyrotechnic signals, not more than 2 which are smoke signals and a watertight flashlight if  >  6 metres

 Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

pyrotechnic distress signals, with a maximum of 6 smoke signals, if you can go more than 1 mile from shore

 

 

 

 

 **Yes 

 

 

12

pyrotechnic distress signals, with a maximum of 6 smoke signals

 

 

 

 

 

 **Yes 

 **Yes 

The four types of approved pyrotechnics are Rocket Parachute Flares,
Multi-Star Flares, Hand Flares, and Buoyant or Hand Smoke Signals.

 **Yes 

For a pleasure craft more than 6 metres in length, the number of pyrotechnic distress signals may be reduced up to a maximum of 50% of the number permitted in the table, IF the pleasure craft is equipped with one of
(a) two-way radio communication; or
(b) a 406 MHz personal locator beacon; or
(c) a 406 MHz emergency position-indicating radio beacon.



Navigation Equipment
Vessel Length (metres)
human
power
PWC
up
to
6
+6 to
9
+9 to
12
+12 to
24
+24

 1

sound-signalling device such as a pealess whistle or a compressed gas or electric horn

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 1

sound-signalling appliance

 Yes 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 2

sound-signalling appliances as per Collision Regulations

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

      

navigation lights if operated at night or in period of restricted visibility

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 

 

 

    

 navigation lights as per
Collision Regulations

 Yes 

 

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

    

 compass

 

 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Yes 

    

 compass if beyond seamarks

 Yes 

 Yes