3.2.2 External areas accessible with care during navigation

Green Area (free-working deck)

Deck areas for normal transit or stopping when navigation and sea conditions so allow.

Cleats

As hooking points.

Seal rings

WARNING

Control and verification of compliance with safety requirements is a responsibility of the yacht Captain.

CAUTION

All the areas where there is polished fibreglass are no-step areas.

DANGER

On board the yacht, some areas are “dangerous“, and need plenty of care, and possibly require wearing protective equipment, in order to safeguard the integrity of people on board.
During navigation, the risks relating to any hazardous area increase significantly; we recommend, therefore, scrupulously observing the safety rules indicated in this manual.

DANGER

Unidentified external areas of the yacht: access to these areas is FORBIDDEN. Only professional personnel, under their own responsibility, can gain access to them when the yacht is moored in a safe harbour or in a lay-up shipyard if they are wearing shoes with non-slip sole and belt/safety equipment tied to a safe point of the yacht to prevent falling.

The areas are following:

Engine room: area with a high level of noise, presence of moving components, burns hazard, tripping and falling hazard. The access to the engine room is exclusively allowed to trained and expert crew, prepared for the risks and equipped with proper safety devices.
Fly bridge: outer area with protections against falls with reduced height and extension. Therefore be extremely careful when leaning out during the manoeuvres of the yacht and during navigation, especially with rough sea.
Stern platform: outer area not protected by rails against the fall at sea. During navigation access to this area is forbidden. Accessing and staying in this area is allowed only when the yacht is idle and with the engines shut off.

In case of a fall overboard, the following rescue devices can be used:

Life buoy.
Individual life jackets.
Swim ladder.

The easiest way to get on board is from the stern platform by means of the swim ladder, which is stowed inside the stern structure when not in use.

CAUTION

The captain is responsible for ensuring boarding with the swim ladder extracted every time the yacht is NOT IN OPERATION (meaning not navigating) ALTHOUGH ATTENDED.