NORMATIVE SULLE DOTAZIONI DI SICUREZZA PER LA BARCA.

Safe sailing is essential for anyone who owns a boat. Italian and international regulations impose a series of mandatory safety equipment to ensure the protection of everyone on board. In this article, we will explore in detail what these endowments are and the required number of each.

Safety equipment required for navigation

The mandatory safety equipment varies according to the category of navigation. In Italy, the legislation distinguishes between different categories of navigation according to the distance from the coast:

  1. Sailing within 1 mile from the coast
  2. Sailing within 3 miles from the coast
  3. Sailing within 6 miles from the coast
  4. Sailing within 12 miles from the coast
  5. Sailing within 50 miles from the coast
  6. No limit of navigation

Sailing within 1 mile from the coast

For navigation within 1 mile from the coast, are required:

  • 1 life-buoy
  • life belt (1 x each person on board)
  • fire extinguisher

Sailing within 3 miles from the coast

For navigation within 3 miles from the coast, in addition to the above facilities, are required:

  • fire extinguisher
  • life belt (1 x each person on board)
  • 2 red light hand fires
  • life-buoy
  • regulatory lights
  • sound signalling equipment
  • smoke buoy

Sailing within 6 miles from the coast

For navigation within 6 miles from the coast, in addition to the above facilities, are required:

  • 1 light buoy
  • 1 more smoke buoy than 3 miles
  • 2 red light rocket parachute

Sailing within 12 miles from the coast

For navigation within 12 miles from the coast, in addition to the above facilities, are required:

  • 1 life raft ( for all bardo people)
  • Compass and tables of deviations
  • VHF

Sailing within 50 miles from the coast

For navigation within 50 miles from the coast, in addition to the above facilities, are required:

  • 1 life raft
  • clock, barometer, binoculars
  • nautical charts of the area in which navigation is carried out
  • matching instruments
  • 1 red light hand fire more than 12 miles
  • 1 red light rocket parachute more than 12 miles
  • first aid kit
  • radiopositioning instrument
  • radar reflector

No limit of navigation

For unlimited navigation, in addition to the above allowances are required:

  • 1 more smoke buoy than 50 miles
  • 1 red light handfire more than 50 miles
  • 1 red light parachute rocket more than 50 miles
  • E.P.I.R.B (emergency position indicating radio beacon)

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