Does anybody know if you need additional safety equipment for your skiboat launching at Ponta? Stories go round that you need additional LIFE RING, TELESCOPIC HOOK AND EMERGENCY RATIONS over and above you RSA requirements. Is this true for Cat B and Cat C skiboats? I am going there for the first time with family Jun-Jul'16 and dont want to be caught with my pants down. Any help guys.
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Ponta do Ouro and Malongane boat safety equipment
- Thread starter Double H
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1. Lifejackets for all crew as stated in the registration book
2. Ring boy with 30 meters of rope
3. 3 handheld light flares
4. 2 parachute flairs
5. 2 orange smoke pots
6. Rubber torch with spare bulbs and batteries
7. metal mirror (stainless steel)
8. Sound horn / device
9. V flag
10. VHF
11. Fixed compass not smaller than 6 cm
12. Spare handheld compass
13. Local navigation charts
14. Valid tide table
15. Two fire extinguishers (minimum 1.5 kg each with a validity of at least 12 months)
16. Two metal buckets
17. Complete set of sails (for sailing boats)
18. Spare engine in case single engine boats
19. Boat hook
20. Oars (for small boats and inflatables)
21. Anchor with 100 meter rope
22. Spare anchor with rope
23. Emergency helm device
24. Plastic distress sheet of minimum 300 x 50 cms
25. Skippers license
26. Only for diving boats
a. A-flag
b. Echo sounder or hand lead line
c. Security rope all around the boat
EMERGENCY STOCK
Floating bottle with a security rope
A plastic blanket for all crew members
A package of 500 gr emergency biscuits for every two crew members
Security knife
1 liter of water per crew member
First aid kit
2. Ring boy with 30 meters of rope
3. 3 handheld light flares
4. 2 parachute flairs
5. 2 orange smoke pots
6. Rubber torch with spare bulbs and batteries
7. metal mirror (stainless steel)
8. Sound horn / device
9. V flag
10. VHF
11. Fixed compass not smaller than 6 cm
12. Spare handheld compass
13. Local navigation charts
14. Valid tide table
15. Two fire extinguishers (minimum 1.5 kg each with a validity of at least 12 months)
16. Two metal buckets
17. Complete set of sails (for sailing boats)
18. Spare engine in case single engine boats
19. Boat hook
20. Oars (for small boats and inflatables)
21. Anchor with 100 meter rope
22. Spare anchor with rope
23. Emergency helm device
24. Plastic distress sheet of minimum 300 x 50 cms
25. Skippers license
26. Only for diving boats
a. A-flag
b. Echo sounder or hand lead line
c. Security rope all around the boat
EMERGENCY STOCK
Floating bottle with a security rope
A plastic blanket for all crew members
A package of 500 gr emergency biscuits for every two crew members
Security knife
1 liter of water per crew member
First aid kit
Hi Serra, thanks for your list. A number of those things are clearly intended for what I would equate with a CAT C twin motor setup. But what is the situation as I am a CAT D single engine boat setup. Is there a different list as a lot of that stuff is in duplicate for a purpose i.e because of the twin motors. What do they mean by spare engine in case of single motor? In SA you need to carry paddles as its recognized that its not possible to cram another motor on our 14.6 as there might be stability issues and also why they limit nautical range. Also on the fire extinguisher - I thought the validity was worked out as max of 1 yr from date of last service. How is it possible to get a minimum validity of 12 months? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give...
Remember you are in Mozambique - you are a visitor, do NOT think that the rules are the same as SA for boats. Sometimes, they might even check if your extinguishers were serviced in the last 6 months, the inspectors are rather sticky and tuff on SA Boats.
I have not seen too many single engine powered boats doing fishing, anyway for surf launching it's rather stupid to do it with a single engine - safety first.
I have not seen too many single engine powered boats doing fishing, anyway for surf launching it's rather stupid to do it with a single engine - safety first.
Good day everyone, we are back from Ponta Malongane and it was better than expected. No hassles on the border, no hassles with boat registration and fishing licenses, no hassles with the sandy road (2x4 vehicle), no officials harassing you, nowhere ripped-off. Maybe we were just lucky with all of those mentioned. We weren't lucky with good weather and good catches. But despite all we got a few fish from the boat which we could eat. We caught YFT, Dordo, Kakaap Bluefin Kingfish and Cobia. From Shore it was dead quiet.
Must visit again to explore more in 2017.
Must visit again to explore more in 2017.