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Embarkation Requirements
- Provide a good lee for the pilot launch and maintain a speed of about 5 – 6 knots or so otherwise advised by the pilot vessel. (there are occasions when it becomes preferential to provide a lee from swell rather than wind and sea. Consult with Signal Station if in doubt)
- The Pilot ladder must be constructed and rigged in accordance with IMO requirements (see Chapter V of SOLAS 1960 for pilot ladders.) The ladder should be clean,properly fitted with spreaders,well clear of all discharges and outlets,and all outboard fittings which might foul the pilot launch. The bottom of the ladder should be 2.0m above the water. The distance from the waterline to the point of access must not exceed 9.0m.
- Two clean manila manropes of not less than 28mm diameter and not more than 32mm diameter are to be securely made fast to the ship,and must not be made fast to the ladder at any point. The manropes must not be longer than the ladder.
- Where the ladder is rigged over a bulwark,two stanchions are to be securely fitted to the top of the bulwark,one on each side of the ladder,and steps are to be provided from the top of the ladder to the deck.
- By night a bright light is to shine downwards and forwards to clearly illuminate the ladder and the ship’s side.
- Boat ropes are NOT to be used
- An officer should be in attendance at the ladder with life Saving appliances ready for immediate use and a Portable radio for communication to the bridge.
- Retrieving lines should not be used,but if it is absolutely necessary to use a retrieving line,then it should be made fast to the extreme aft end of the lowest spreader step (5 steps from bottom of ladder).
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