Comments invited on Yachting Australia Special Regulations

1:28 PM Tue 10 Aug 2010 GMT

Interested parties are invited to comment on draft amendments to the Yachting Australia Special Regulations. The draft amendments address a range of issues including hull design and construction standards, the wearing of PFDs, GPS capability in EPIRBS and PLBs, and lifebuoys. ABS and ISO 12215 Construction Standards It is clear that Amendment one regarding Hull Construction Standards (Scantlings) issued in June 2009 did not allow sufficient transition time from ABS to ISO 12215 requirements. A number of designs were committed to and in advanced stages of construction and were impacted by this change. Yachting NSW made a submission to address ...

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