What do I have to bring on board?

Royal Decree 339/2021, of May 18, which regulates the safety and pollution prevention equipment of pleasure boats.

This royal decree will apply to all pleasure boats that:

• They are registered, registered or pre-registered in Spain.
• Navigate the Spanish internal maritime waters or the Spanish territorial sea.
• Whatever its flag state, and whether its owners or have its use and enjoyment, natural or legal persons with residence or registered office in Spain.
• In accordance with current legislation, they carry out an activity for commercial or lucrative purposes in maritime waters regardless of their flag State.

What do I have to bring on board?

* Fire extinguishers required depending on the length (L)

(**) For boats on the 6th list and L> 10 m., With 1 more extinguisher than those indicated.

Fire extinguishers required depending on the power

In the case of inboard engines (non-outboard engines), the calculation will be made for each engine compartment. If the length is less than 10 m, these fire extinguishers will serve to meet the requirements depending on the length. Example: for a 1 x 250 KW outboard motor the required capacity is 250 x 0.3 = 75B, which corresponds to 3 type 34B fire extinguishers.

• Portable fire extinguishers will contain at least 2 kilograms of extinguishing agent (dry powder or equivalent amount of another extinguishing agent), will be placed in easily accessible places and one of them will be in such a position that it can be reached without difficulties from the main position. pleasure craft steering.
• When the pleasure craft has an electrical installation of more than 50 volts, that is to say, electric propulsion, at least one of the portable fire extinguishers prescribed in sections 3 and 4 shall be suitable for fires with the presence of electricity.
• When the pleasure craft has engines that use LPG as fuel, at least one of the portable fire extinguishers prescribed in sections 3 and 4 will be suitable for gas fires, according to the classification made in annex I, section 1, section 4.5, of the Regulation of fire protection installations, approved by Royal Decree 513/2017, of May 22.
• All fire extinguishers must be certified in accordance with Royal Decree 701/2016, of December 23, being valid fire extinguishers certified for lifeboats or rescue boats.
• All fire extinguishers will be subject to the reviews established in article 21 of the Fire Protection Installations Regulations.

** Anchor lines

1. Recreational boats must have an anchor line whose length may not be less than five times the length of the boat.
2. The length of the chain section will be at least equal to the length of the boat, except for recreational boats less than or equal to 6 meters in length, in which the anchor line may be made up entirely of rope.
3. No chains or spliced ropes shall be used without shackle..
4. The minimum weight of the anchor and the minimum diameters of the chain and line, which each boat must carry depending on its length, are indicated in the following table:

For intermediate lengths to those indicated in the table, the values of the weight of the anchor and the diameters of the chain and rope will be interposed. The weight of the anchor may be divided into two anchors, the weight of the main anchor being not less than 75% of the total weight.

*** Bilge pumps

The capacity of the pumps must not be less than (at a pressure of 10 kPa):

a) 10 liters per minute for L <= 6 m.
b) 15 liters per minute for 6 < L < 12 m.
c) 30 liters per minute for L >= 12 m.

For hand pumps, the capacity should be reached at 45 strokes per minute.

**** Gas detection

Vessels that have fuel gas installations, totally or partially inside the hull, must carry an automatic gas detector with a light and sound signal.

Dirty water discharge