Coding the boat, some practical questions

BartW said:
The boat used to be commercially registered in Italy (Rina coding) and when we bought her 2y ago, we had her coded according Belgium comm. ship regulations, and now we ‘re in the process to have her MCA coded.

The week after next we will have the surveyor (DL) on board for the first inspection, most items from the requirements list are clear (and present from previous coding), but some have to be updated.

Any advice is welcome, Thanks a lot !
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Hi Bart,

Good to see the progress. I can't remember if your boat horn has a certificate to show IMO compliance. Does she? If not, many surveyors don't know the regs around the horns so you may be OK. Note that if the horns have a RINA certification, it doesn't apply outside Italian waters.

If you need any help, give me a call. Send me a PM if you'd like my mobile number to make life easier.

All the best,

Piers
 
Elessar said:
JFM have you found any UV stable labels or do you just renew them?
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I use Brother TZ tapes. Seem ok for 5years+ on the one boat I kept that long. I always use transaparent tape/black letters on windows becuase I hate the ugliness of these things. The TZ transaparent tape stays nice and clear - no yellowing. The black letters/white tape also seems ok outside for 3 years and is easy to renew. I don't tolerate surveyor demands for labels everywhere and my labelling is as minimalistic as you can get, within the rules of course :-)
 
We have the Brother labelling machine here in the company, with all sorts of label tapes,
but is that big enough for ALL labels ?
also the "NO PASSAGE WHILE AT SEA labels" on the side decks or FB door fe

width of the tapes is approx 10mil iirc
 
BartW said:
We have the Brother labelling machine here in the company, with all sorts of label tapes,
but is that big enough for ALL labels ?
also the "NO PASSAGE WHILE AT SEA labels" on the side decks or FB door fe

width of the tapes is approx 10mil iirc
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Yes i use 12mm tapes. The machine will do 18mm actually. I want the labels as small as possible (!) so 12mm is good, in my books. I also reduce the word count: your above label would be "CREW ONLY" on my boat. I've never had a probelm with a surveyor on this, though for side decks i have a clip on barrier, made from elastic, not just a label. to keep the surveyors happier.

You need to buy a label machine to keep on the boat, as it is useful when wiring etc. Only €30, as you know, for a high-spec machine
 
jfm said:
I use Brother TZ tapes. Seem ok for 5years+ on the one boat I kept that long. I always use transaparent tape/black letters on windows becuase I hate the ugliness of these things. The TZ transaparent tape stays nice and clear - no yellowing. The black letters/white tape also seems ok outside for 3 years and is easy to renew. I don't tolerate surveyor demands for labels everywhere and my labelling is as minimalistic as you can get, within the rules of course :-)
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Thank you. Bought a machine - a PC one so I can do multi line prints because I do like locker contents lists on the lid - helps keep things in order with the trainees. Can get lots of lines on 1" tape.

I had a brother but not that tape type and they yellowed and faded, quite hopeless.
 
Yes invaluable for wiring, I will keep my old hand held machine for this, saves powering up the PC.
The PC one I've bought does 9, 12 18 and 24mm tapes. I've bought 12 for the windows as you suggest.
 
I have been reading this thread with interest. I'm coding my 6.5m rib at the moment, great fun as same rules apply to a rib as it does to a bigger boat. The life raft arrived yesterday - 8 man valise - result was I has to cut a whole section out of the bench seat to get it in the space. I have to carry 16 litres of water and have a petrol vapour "sniffer" fitted.

I fear the fuel consumption is going to head south this year! But regulations now demand that RYA centres wishing to run Advanced Powerboat courses must operate a coded boat. I have no issue with this, but I think perhaps there should be a bit of common when it comes to boat type and actual operating area.
 
Solitaire said:
I have been reading this thread with interest. I'm coding my 6.5m rib at the moment, great fun as same rules apply to a rib as it does to a bigger boat. The life raft arrived yesterday - 8 man valise - result was I has to cut a whole section out of the bench seat to get it in the space. I have to carry 16 litres of water and have a petrol vapour "sniffer" fitted.

I fear the fuel consumption is going to head south this year! But regulations now demand that RYA centres wishing to run Advanced Powerboat courses must operate a coded boat. I have no issue with this, but I think perhaps there should be a bit of common when it comes to boat type and actual operating area.
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At least you don't have to have an IMO approved horn, only a means of 'making an efficient sound signal'.

Piers
 
Many thanks to all,
for all your tips and advice.
the first inspection went quite good,

some minor issues to take care for,
also a few very valuable:
- sanding and painting the rudder cylinder
- replacing two seacocks, (can be done during the liftout / second inspection / antifouling in April)

only one enoying issue:
had my liverafts re-inspected in Antwerp just a few weeks ago,

These Arimar rafts seem to be of very high quality, and very complete,
but apparently not according a usefull iso standard,
so not fullfilling MCA requirements,
we will wait for Arimars answer on this,

but it appears that I will have very soon
2 x good quality 8p liverafts for sale.
this years inspection date on them
 
just got confirmation that
My existing rafts "Arimar Italy Oceanic" are NOT MCA compliant,
so unless someone here could use them,
or I can get a exchange deal from SKB in Antwerp, for a new pair,
I'll place them on e-bay
 
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