Drills

Question 1

• Which drills must we do on board a UK flagged yacht?

Answer 1

The following training drills are required at the specified intervals:
• Abandon ship including life raft deployment – monthly or when 25% personnel
change.
• Fire Drill – monthly or when 25% personnel change.
• Enclosed space entry drill – every two months.
• Emergency steering – every three months.
• Rescue boat – monthly – includes recovery of person from water.
• Davit launched life raft drill – every four months if fitted.
• Security minimum three months as required by Ship Security Plan.
• Pollution drills as required by SOPEP and/or Safety Management System.
• Medical Emergency. MGN 71 AND LYC ANNEX C

Question 2

• On-board training and instructions

Answer 2

On-board training and instructions
On-board training in the use of the ship’s life-saving appliances, including survival craft equipment, and in the use of the ship’s fire-extinguishing appliances shall be given as soon as possible but not later than two weeks after a crew member joins the ship. However, if the crew member is on a regularly scheduled rotating assignment to the ship, such training shall be given not later than two weeks after the time of first joining the ship. Instructions in the use of the ship’s fire-extinguishing appliances, life-saving appliances, and in survival at sea shall be given at the same interval as the drills. Individual instruction may cover different parts of the ship’s life-saving and fire-extinguishing appliances, but all the ship’s life-saving and fire-extinguishing appliances shall be covered within any period of two months.
Every crew member shall be given instructions which shall include but not necessarily be limited to:
• Operation and use of the ship’s inflatable liferafts;