ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15085 First edition 2003-04-01 Small craft Man-overboard prevention and recovery Petits navires Prévention des chutes d'homme a la mer et remontee a bord Reference number ISO 15085:2003(E) ISO @ ISO 2003 Copyright International Organization for Standardization itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 15085:2003(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ISO2003 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland CopyightinteratinalOorganization for Standardization @ISO2003-All rights reserved Not for Resale ISO15085:2003(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction .. vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references... 3 Terms and definitions. 4 General requirements .... 4.1 Functions of the working deck . 4.2 Means of protection ... 4.3 Minimum width of decks.... 4.4 Continuity of the working deck.. 5 Safety devices 6 Tables of requirements.. 6.1 General....... 6.2 Requirements for non-sailing boats.... 6.3 Requirements for sailing boats .... 7 Specific requirement for slip.resistant areas......... 7.1 General...... 7.2 Requirements for trampolines and nets ..... 8 Requirements for foot-stops.. 8.1 8 8.2 Provision of foot-stops .. 8.3 Minimum foot-stop height and angle ... 8.4 Foot-stops made of angled surfaces .... 9 8.5 Maximum footstop clearance between deck and foot stop........ 8.6 Continuity on the working deck level in way of the foot-stop.... 8.7 Gaps in the footstop rail....... 10 9 Requirements for handholds . 10 9.1 10 9.2 Location in way of side decks .. 9.3 10 10 Common requirements for low and high guard-rails and guard-lines ... 10 10.1 10 10.2 Height of guard-rails or guard-lines ..... 10.3 Intermediate lines, vertical spacing and maximum gap... 11 10.4 Risk of falling overboard from elevated parts.... 12 10.5 Openings in guard-rails/guard-lines .. 14 10.6 Bow pulpits for sailing boats .... 14 10.7 Transom guard-rails/guard-lines for sailing boats ... 10.8 Forward cross beams of sailing catamarans .. 15 10.9 Central hull of sailing trimarans ... 15 11 Specific strength requirements for guard-rails or low guard-rails ....... 16 12 Specific requirements for guard-lines . 17 12.1 Requirements for high guard-lines, low guard-lines and intermediate guard-lines .17 12.2 Requirements for stanchions or guard-line supports.... 17 13 Requirements for hooking points... 18 CyrghtIntemagaanrdadaed ii out license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 15085:2003(E) 13.1 13.2 Location .18 13.3 Size. .18 13.4 Strength 18 14 Attachment points for jack-lines. .18 14.1 General .... 14.2 Fitting... .19 14.3 Strength, .19 15 Body support on high-speedboats. .19 15.1 .19 15.2 Body support .. .19 16 Means of reboarding .19 17 Owner's manual. Bibliography .21 Copyright International Organization for Standardization @Iso2003-All rights reserved ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO15085:2003(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national s