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Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 5: Additional specific safety
requirements and test methods for Class C devices (ISO 25649-5:2017)
Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 5: Zusätzliche
besondere sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Artikel der Klasse
C (ISO 25649-5:2017)
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Partie 5 : Exigences de sécurité et
méthodes d'essai complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe C (ISO 25649-
5:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 25649-5:2017
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
SIST EN ISO 25649-5:2017 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN ISO 25649-5
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

October 2017
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.220.40 Supersedes EN 15649-5:2009
English Version

Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part
5: Additional specific safety requirements and test
methods for Class C devices (ISO 25649-5:2017)
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und
Partie 5: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai im Wasser - Teil 5: Zusätzliche besondere
complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe C sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
(ISO 25649-5:2017) Prüfverfahren für Artikel der Klasse C (ISO 25649-
5:2017)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 June 2017.

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European foreword . 3

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EN ISO 25649-5:2017 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 25649-5:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 83 “Sports
and other recreational facilities and equipment” in collaboration with Technical Committee
CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment” the secretariat of
which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2018, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2018.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 15649-5:2009.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 25649-5:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 25649-5:2017 without any
modification.
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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 25649-5
First edition
2017-08
Floating leisure articles for use on and
in the water —
Part 5:
Additional specific safety
requirements and test methods for
Class C devices
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau —
Partie 5: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai complémentaires
propres aux dispositifs de Classe C
Reference number
ISO 25649-5:2017(E)
©
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Safety requirements and test methods . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Test conditions . 3
4.3 Design . 3
4.3.1 General. 3
4.3.2 Sizing, admissible number of users and maximum load capacity . 4
4.3.3 C1 devices, space per person (passive user, including children) . 4
4.3.4 C2 and C3 devices, space per person . 4
4.3.5 Grab handles, availability and strength . 5
4.3.6 Buoyancy and load capacity . 5
4.3.7 Residual buoyancy . 5
4.3.8 Foot, leg and torso entrapment . 5
4.3.9 Valves and other protruding parts . 6
4.3.10 Accessible protruding parts, entanglement . 6
4.3.11 Strength of towing device attachment . 6
4.3.12 Towing system . 7
4.3.13 Colour of towing rope . 7
4.3.14 Floatability of towing rope . 7
4.3.15 Fittings . 7
4.3.16 Elasticity of towing rope . 7
4.4 In-water performance . 8
4.4.1 General. 8
4.4.2 Selection of test subjects . 8
4.4.3 Assessment panel . 8
4.4.4 Selection of watercraft and towing personnel for testing . 8
4.4.5 Test conditions, test course, duration of test, test speed, wind speed. 8
4.4.6 Manoeuvres . 9
4.4.7 Efficiency of drainage system for inflatable chambers designed with an
external cover . 9
4.4.8 Entrapment, entanglement, additional practical in-water test during capsizing . 9
4.4.9 Re-embarkation, practical in-water test .10
4.4.10 Residual buoyancy, additional practical in-water test .10
4.4.11 Pass/fail criteria .10
5 Required capabilities of the test persons being towed.10
6 Consumer information .11
6.1 General .11
6.2 Intended use .11
6.3 Responsibilities .11
6.3.1 General.11
6.3.2 Watercraft driver .11
6.3.3 Observer .11
6.3.4 Rider .12
7 Written warnings in the manual .12
7.1 General .12
7.2 Warnings .12
7.3 Instructions .13
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8 Signals .14
8.1 General .14
8.2 Hand signals .14
8.3 Signal devices .16
9 Exclusions .16
Annex A (informative) Quick release system .17
Annex B (informative) Examples of typical products forming Class C .18
Bibliography .19
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
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ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
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URL: www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
ISO 25649-5 was prepared by the European Committee Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee
CEN/TC 136, Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment, in collaboration with ISO
Technical Committee TC 83, Sports and other recreational facilities and equipment, in accordance with
the agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
A list of all the parts in the ISO 25649-series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
The majority of technical requirements below is derived from the overriding property of the products
to provide high speed rides when towed by fast motorboats. Thus space per person and means to hold
tight reliably and comfortably and without entrapment or entanglement is an important subject. Safety
requirements concerning the towing rope form another content of the document.
Safety and performance of the products are tested by practical tests under all conditions and
manoeuvers, including the issue of a quick release in case of an emergency as well as residual buoyancy.
Comprehensive consumer information, including a set of non-verbal communication gestures complete
the requirement profile of this document.
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Risk assessment for entire Part 5 is shown in Table 1.
Table 1 — Introductory risk analysis
Position
Function;
of user in Partial risk Protec-
Place range of Type of Pre-
Typical regard to the related to tion aims
Class of usage; movement/ dictable Final risk
products equipment, water envi- standard/
usage target/age propulsion misuse
elevation ronment regulation
group
above water
Tube rid- Sea Adolescents; High speed Users are Use by Collision of Age limits;
ers with shore/ adults; movement; sitting on non-swim- persons in the warning
interior close to children devices or inside mers; no case of capsiz- notes;
holding shore; accompanied towed the device; use of PFD; ing; fall from quick
facility lakes, by adults by motor elevation excessive the device; de- release;
and rivers; (minimum boats; from water speed; vice turning; gripping;
closed large age group) level about improper catapulting escape in
other means
cockpit; space maximum load dis- out of the case of
of propul-
raft for ac- 60 cm sitting tribution/ device; impact danger;
sion
riders; tion is height; kneel- seating through residual
board needed ing, lying; position; device; nose buoyancy;
riders; standing close dipping; use of PFD;
banana vicinity sudden stop;
C
length,
riders to other crash down
(C1, DROWN-
strength
(all to be users; of kite type
C2, ING
and elastic-
towed overload; towables;
C3)
ity of rope;
by motor inad- rupture of the
reliability
boats) missible towing rope;
of quick re-
number of entrapment/
lease, user
passen- entanglement;
qualifica-
gers nose dive; use
tions and
of rumps
capabilities
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 25649-5:2017(E)
Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water —
Part 5:
Additional specific safety requirements and test methods
for Class C devices
1 Scope
This document is applicable for CLASS C classified floating leisure articles for use on and in water
according to ISO 25649-1 regardless of whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent
buoyant material.
This document is to be applied with ISO 25649-1 and ISO 25649-2.
NOTE 1 Typical products forming class C (see Annex B):
— tube riders towable with interior holding facility and closed cockpit;
— raft riders towable;
— board riders towable;
— banana type towable.
NOTE 2 Typical places for application:
— distant from bathing areas and other frequented water surfaces, wide empty spaces, dedicated
racetracks (parcours);
— no to little waves;
— no strong currents.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 25649-1, Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water — Part 1: Classification, materials, general
requirements and test methods
ISO 25649-2, Floating leisure articles for use on or in the water — Part 2: Consumer information
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 25649-1 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
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3.1
residual buoyancy
provision of remaining buoyancy in case of a defect of any buoyancy chamber
3.2
personal floating device
PFD
garment or device that, when correctly worn and used in water, will provide the user with a specific
amount of buoyancy that will increase the likelihood of survival
[SOURCE: ISO 12402-1:2005, 3.1]
3.3
application at high speed
application in which the floating device is towed rapidly through external means of propulsion (motor
boat, towing installation, etc.)
Note 1 to entry: In accordance with intended use.
3.4
means to assist re-embarkation
means which helps the user to climb back on board of the floatable device from an in-water position
regardless whether the buoyant structure is fully inflated or any air chamber is deflated
3.5
towable
floating leisure article (inflatable or inherently buoyant) for dynamic use towed by mechanical means
3.6
rider
user of the towable positioned on the towed device
3.7
water craft driver/operator
person having the responsibility for the towed and the towing device (watercraft or towing device)
3.8
observer
additional person observing the towed device in permanent eye contact
3.9
tow rope
connection between towing device and the towable
3.10
towing streamer
signalisation flag attached to the rear of the towing device according to national rules
3.11
quick release system
means to release the towable from the tow rope manually or automatically in case of an emergency by
triggering a release mechanism
3.12
available area
area on or inside a floating leisure article which can be used unrestrictedly for user accommodation
when taking the intended posture(s)
3.13
multiple use product
any product that is intended to be used for more than one purpose (jumping, resting, climbing, etc.)
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3.14
inherent buoyant material
non-crosslinked (closed-cell) foam or other materials enclosed in (a) sealed compartment(s) in the hull
which has a specific weight less than fresh water
Note 1 to entry: Inflatables made from inherent buoyant material is a buoyant structure (hull) achieving all or
parts of its intended shape and buoyancy from soft foam, hard foam or sealed chambers filled with air, gas or
granules.
4 Safety requirements and test methods
4.1 General
Construction of a floating leisure article shall be such that it corresponds in terms of design, dimensions,
safety, strength and durability for its intended use. The requirements set out in this document were
chosen to ensure compliance with these considerations. When floating leisure articles provide buoyancy
in several components, then requirements apply to all components. Floating leisure articles of class C
shall provide residual buoyancy if one air chamber fails. This residual buoyancy shall maintain the safety
of the device even if its function is lost. The following safety requirements are therefore related to:
— design,
— sizing,
— materials,
— strength,
— performance, and
— information.
Towables of all classes shall be designed in a way that the rider when in the intended position(s) can
always at least partially be seen by the observer for communication purposes by and with the observer.
In addition to this document, all requirements of ISO 25649-1 and ISO 25649-2 apply also for class C
devices.
ISO 25649-1 and ISO 25649-2 are applicable as general parts. In individual cases, due to the
unpredictability, variations and indeterminability of existing and future products, a corresponding
choice shall be made.
4.2 Test conditions
If not otherwise stated, all tests shall be carried out at an air temperature of (20 ± 3) °C.
4.3 Design
4.3.1 General
Design and shape of towables have constituted a certain number of constant types like as described
in the introduction. The entire product group of towables is however subject of permanent change in
terms of shape and function. For that reason, the space per person requirements shall be applied for
in a way to satisfy safety and performance if these parameters depend on distinct body positions for
which an available area should be provided. This applies in particular if use by children is included.
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4.3.2 Sizing, admissible number of users and maximum load capacity
4.3.2.1 Sizing
Towables shall be sized according to their admissible number of passengers. The size shall be
communicated to the user by applying safety information symbol “number of the users, adults/children”
and “user’s body weight range … to …kg” as specifi
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