3.9.1 Minimum rescue and safety facilities to be kept on board of yachts and pleasure yachts according to the distance from the coast or shore

RIVA does not supply all the equipment mentioned in the following table. It is the responsibility of the owner and captain to fit out the yacht with the minimum safety equipment. TYPE OF NAVIGATION - (The x indicates that the item is compulsory - the adjacent number indicates the quantity).

A) Safety equipment for pleasure crafts (with or without EC marking)

  without any
limit
within 50
miles
within 12
miles
within 6
miles
within 3
miles
within 1
mile
within 300
metres
rivers, streams
and waterways
Self-inflatable life raft (for all persons on board) x x            
Floating devices (for all persons on board)     x          
Life buoys (on e for each person on board) x x x x x x   x
Life buoy with line x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1   x1
Light buoy x1 x1 x1 x1        
Smoke buoy x2 x2 x2 x2 x1      
Compass and deviation charts (a) x x x          
Clock x x            
Barometer x x            
Binocular x x            
Nautical charts of navigation area x x            
Plotting tools x x            
Red light hand fires x4 x3 x2 x2 x2      
Red signal rockets with parachute x4 x3 x2 x2        
First aid kit (b) x x            
Prescribed lights (c) x x x x x      
Acoustic signalling equipment (d) x x x x x      
Position indicating radio beacon (Loran, Gps) x x            
VHF equipment x x x          
Radar reflector x x            
E.P.I.R.B. (emergency position indicating radio beacon) x              
B) Further safety equipment for crafts without EC mark
Pump or other draining equipment x x x x x x    
Portable fire extinguishers: pursuant to Annex V, Table 1 of Italian Ministerial Decree 146 of 29-07-2008 x x x x x x