5.1.2.2 The normal equipment of every rescue boat shall consist of:
. 1 sufficient buoyant oars or paddles to make headway in calm seas. Thole pins,
crutches or equivalent arrangements shall be provided for each oar. Thole
pins or crutches shall be attached to the boat by lanyards or chains;
.2 a buoyant bailer;
.3 a binnacle containing an efficient compass which is luminous or provided
with suitable means of illumination;
.4 a sea-anchor and tripping line if fitted with a hawser of adequate strength not
less than 10 m in length;
.5 a painter of sufficient length and strength, attached to the release device
complying with the requirements of paragraph 4.4.7.7 and placed at the
forward end of the rescue boat;
.6 one buoyant line, not less than 50 m in length, of sufficient strength to tow
a liferaft as required by paragraph 5.1.1.7;
.7 one waterproof electric torch suitable for Morse signalling, together with one
spare set of batteries and one spare bulb in a waterproof container;
.8 one whistle or equivalent sound signal;
.9 a first-aid outfit in a waterproof case capable of being closed tightly after use;
.10 two buoyant rescue quoits, attached to not less than 30 m of buoyant line;
. l l a searchlight with a horizontal and vertical sector of at least 6" and a
measured luminous intensity of 2,500 cd which can work continuously for
not less than 3 h;
.12 an efficient radar reflector;
.13 thermal protective aids complying with the requirements of section 2.5
sufficient for 10% of the number of persons the rescue boat is permitted to
accommodate or two, whichever is the greater; and
.14 portable fire-extinguishing equipment of an approved type suitable for
extinguishing oil fires.