Requirements for Sailboats and Powerboats over 12m and up to 24m
Here are the equipment requirements for sailboats and powerboats over 12 metres and up to 24 metres (39ʹ4ʺ to 78ʹ9ʺ) in length.
Personal Lifesaving Appliances
- One lifejacket or PFD for each person on board
- One buoyant heaving line at least 15 metres (49ʹ3ʺ) long
- One lifebuoy that is:
- Equipped with a self-igniting light or…
- Attached to a buoyant heaving line at least 15 metres (49ʹ3ʺ) long
- One reboarding device if the freeboard distance is over 0.5 metres (1ʹ8ʺ)
Vessel Safety Equipment
- One anchor with at least 50 metres (164ʹ1ʺ) of cable, rope, or chain
- A non-manual bilge pump and water level detection system
Fire-Fighting Equipment
- One 10B:C fire extinguisher at each entrance to:
- Any area where a fuel-burning oven, heater, or refrigerator is located and…
- Any sleeping area and…
- The machinery space
- One axe
- Two fire buckets with a capacity of at least 10 litres each
Visual Signals
- One watertight flashlight
- Twelve type A, B, C, or D flares (no more than six type D) unless the pleasure craft meets one of the exemptions listed in the Small Vessel Regulations, Part 2, #213–Visual Signals
Navigation Equipment
- One sound-signalling appliance as specified in the Collision Regulations, Schedule 1, Rule 33 (Equipment for Sound Signals–Canadian Modification)
- Navigation lights
- One magnetic compass as specified in the Navigation Safety Regulations
- One radar reflector unless the pleasure craft meets one of the exemptions listed in the Collision Regulations, Schedule 1, Rule 40 (Radar Reflectors)