Large Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations — 24
ersons, (vi) 5.5 m, six persons, (vii) 5.8 m, six persons; and (e) in the case of a boat or skiff other than a boat or skiff described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the number determined in accordance with the following formula: N = (L × B × D) / 0.75 where N = number of persons, L = overall length in metres, B = maximum breadth in metres, at level of gunwale, to outside of plank, and D = the least vertical distance in metres measured from the top of the keel to the top of the gunwale or from the top of the keel to the lowest point of the transom, whichever is the smaller dimension. (9) Subject to subsection (10), there shall be stowed in each lifeboat, boat, dory or skiff required by this section (a) one full bank of oars and a complete set of rowlocks or thole pins; (b) where the vessel operates in salt water, one suitable container holding at least 1 L of fresh water for each person the lifeboat, boat, dory or skiff is considered capable of carrying; (c) one watertight can containing 12 approved self-igniting red flares; (d) one bucket and one bailer; (e) two sheath knives or hatchets, except that only one sheath knife or hatchet is required for a dory; (f) one boat hook or fishing gaff; (g) one storm lantern with sufficient oil to burn for at least 7 hours and a watertight can of matches; (h) one painter, attached to the bow; (i) one dory compass; and (j) one sea anchor, oil bag and 4.5 L can of vegetable oil except that such equipment is not required for a dory. (10) Where a boat, dory or skiff is used in the fishing operations of a vessel, the equipment prescribed by subsection (9) may be carried in a place on the vessel where it is readily available for use in an emergency in lieu of being carried on the boat, dory or skiff. (11) Except as otherwise specified in Schedule VII, every life raft of every vessel making foreign, home-trade Class I or home-trade Class II voyages shall carry all the equipment set out in items 1 to 24 of that Schedule, which equipment shall be known as Class A equipment. (12) Except as otherwise specified in Schedule VII, every life raft of every vessel making home-trade Class III, inland waters Class I, inland waters Class II or minor waters Class I voyages shall carry all the equipment set out in items 1 to 13 of that Schedule, which equipment shall be known as Class B equipment. (13) Every life raft of every vessel making voyages other than those referred to in subsections (11) and (12) shall carry a knife, two paddles and a heaving line with a quoit. (14) The weight of each seine skiff carried on board a fishing vessel shall be both established and certified to the satisfaction of an inspector who shall then cause the following details to be marked on the stem or sheer strake thereof, in permanent characters, clearly visible and as near as possible to 75 mm in height: (a) the operating weight of the skiff measured in tons, when it is fully equipped with fuel and its fresh water tanks are full; (b) the date on which the measurement is taken; and (c) the inspector’s initials. (15) Every seine skiff and dory used as life saving equipment on board a fishing vessel shall be marked with retroreflective tape in the manner required by Schedule V to the Life Saving Equipment Regulations as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of Schedule XI. SOR/78-918, s. 5; SOR/80-249, s. 14; SOR/85-182, s. 2; SOR/95-372, s. 7; SOR/96-216, s. 7; SOR/2002-15, s. 19(E)