DIN EN ISO 6185-3:2013-03

This part of ISO 6185 specifies the minimum safety characteristics required for the design, materials to use, manufacture and testing of inflatable boats and rigid inflatable boats (Ribs) with a hull length LH in accordance with ISO 8666 less than 8 m with a motor power rating of 15kW and greater. This part of ISO 6185 is applicable to the following types of boats intended for use within the operating temperatures of - 20 °C to + 60 °C: Type VII: Powered Boats (with power >= 15kW) fitted with a buoyancy tube attached to the port and starboard sides, suitable for navigation in conditions of Design Categories C and D and capable of installing motor power rating of 15 kW and greater. Type VIII: Powered Boats (with power > 75kW) fitted with a buoyancy tube attached to the port and starboard sides, suitable for navigation in conditions of Design Category B capable of installing motor power rating of 75kW and greater. NOTE 1 General arrangements of typical boats of Types VII and VIII are given in annexes A and B, respectively. This part of ISO 6185 excludes single-chambered boats and boats made from unsupported materials, and is not applicable to aquatic toys and inflatable liferafts. NOTE 2 For craft, concerned by the RCD, fitted with inboard engines with nonstandard integral exhausts, noise emission requirements need to be considered.