67Equipment

67 Equipment

 67.1 The owner of a ship must ensure that the ship has on board the following equipment in good working condition:

(a) for any closing appliance — an indicator system that complies with Schedule 7;

(b) equipment independent of any power supply to enable a good lookout to be kept and to enable the safe navigation of the ship if an electronic system fails;

(c) anchors, chain cables, hawsers and warps that are appropriate for the size and operations of the ship.

 67.2 The equipment may include the following:

(a) equipment to enable an adequate lookout to be maintained;

(b) position to be established when out of sight of land (eg sextant, almanac and sight tables or a suitable calculator);

(c) bearings to be observed (eg a correctly adjusted magnetic compass);

(d) other essential measurements and observations (eg atmospheric pressure) to be made.

 67.3 For a ship of less than 500 gross tonnage, the master must ensure that the ship has on board flags N and C of the International Code of Signals.

 67.4 For a ship of at least 500 gross tonnage, the master must ensure that the ship has on board a complete set of flags of the International Code of Signals.

 67.5 Except in an emergency, the master of a ship must not use, or permit to be used, any equipment mentioned in subsection 67.1 that is not in good working condition or that is improperly rigged.