- Every partially enclosed lifeboat shall be provided with effective means of balling or be automatically self bailing.
- Partially enclosed lifeboats shall be provided with permanently attached rigid covers extending over not less than 20 percent of the length of the lifeboat from the stem and not less than 20 percent of the length of the lifeboat from the aftermost part of the lifeboat. The lifeboat shall be fitted with a permanently attached foldable canopy which together with the rigid covers completely encloses the occupants of the lifeboat in weatherproof shelter and protects them from exposure.
The canopy shall be so arranged that :
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