{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/schedule-8/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/schedule-8/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The boat shall be provided with the following equipment:\n(a) a painter of adequate length and size;\n(b) a grab line secured round the outside of the boat and a grab line fitted round the inside of the boat;\n(c) a drain plug;\n(d) a crutch or steering grommet in the transom;\n(e) hand-holes or straps for the purpose of righting the boat from the inverted position;\n(f) a sea anchor attached to the boat by a line of adequate strength at least 9 metres in length;\n(g) an efficient manually operated bellows or pump;\n(h) two buoyant rescue quoits each attached to 18 metres of light buoyant line;\n(i) at least two buoyant oars and two buoyant paddles;\n(j) a safety knife;\n(k) bridle slinging arrangements to enable the boat to be lowered into or raised from the water;\n(l) a bailer and two sponges;\n(m) a repair kit in a suitable container for repairing punctures in buoyancy compartments;\n(n) one waterproof electric torch suitable for morse signalling together with one spare set of batteries and one spare bulb in a waterproof container.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/330/schedule/8/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:14:59.180322+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}