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Safety At Sea - 3/17/2007 Minutes - ISAF Revisions



2006 ISAF Submission Process
 4.28.2 Man Overboard Alarm

Submissions are now invited for the 2006 ISAF Annual Conference. Please note the submission deadline is 1ST AUGUST 2006.

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Title:  4.28.2 Man Overboard Alarm

Subtitle:  ISAF Special Regulations, Section 4 – Portable Equipment and Supplies

Offshore Committee
Special Regulations Sub-committee

A submission from the A submission from the UNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION

     

Proposal:

4.28.1 MoMu 0 Each yacht shall be equipped with a man overboard alarm including an emergency button immediately accessible to a helmsman which will sound an audible alarm in the accommodation and simultaneously send an appropriate signal to the ship’s navigational software.

4.28.2 For MoMu 1, 2. Require in January 2012 and recommend until then that each yacht shall be equipped with an EPFS (e.g. GPS) capable of immediately recording a man overboard position from each helm station.

Current Position:

4.28.1 MoMu0 Each yacht shall be equipped with a man overboard alarm including an emergency button immediately accessible to a helmsman which will sound an audible alarm in the accommodation and simultaneously send an appropriate signal to the ship’s navigational software.

Reason:

Many GPS's have a "MOB" button today, but it can take too long for a crewman to run below to press the button when somebody falls over. Very few GPS's today have a simple "contact-closure" input to allow a simple pushbutton to be installed remotely to trigger the "MOB" function. The statement of the intention to require such a function in 2012 will provide an incentive for GPS manufacturers to offer such a feature in upcoming products in order to gain the marketing advantage that their GPS meets future requirements.

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