SIST EN ISO 15085:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 15085:2004/A1:2009
Mala plovila - Preprečevanje padca človeka v vodo in reševanje iz nje (zaščita in
oprema) (ISO 15085:2024)
Small craft - Protection from falling overboard and means of reboarding (ISO
15085:2024)
Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Verhütung von Mann-über-Bord-Unfällen und Bergung (ISO
15085:2024)
Petits navires - Prévention des chutes par-dessus bord et remontée à bord (ISO
15085:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 15085:2024
ICS:
13.340.60 Zaščita pred padci in zdrsi Protection against falling and
slipping
47.080 Čolni Small craft
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 15085
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 47.080 Supersedes EN ISO 15085:2003,
EN ISO 15085:2003/A2:2018
English Version
Small craft - Protection from falling overboard and means
of reboarding (ISO 15085:2024)
Petits navires - Prévention des chutes par-dessus bord Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Verhütung von Mann-über-
et remontée à bord (ISO 15085:2024) Bord-Unfällen und Bergung (ISO 15085:2024)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 June 2024.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2013/53/EU aimed to be covered . 4

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 15085:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 188 "Small
craft" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 464 “Small Craft” the secretariat of which is
held by SIS.
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 March 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2025.
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 ISO 15085:2003, EN ISO 15085:2003/A2:2018.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
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North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 15085:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15085:2024 without any modification.

Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2013/53/EU aimed to be covered
This European standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request M/542 final
to provide one voluntary means of conforming to Essential Requirements of Directive 2013/53/EU.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential Requirements
of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Annex I of
Directive 2013/53/EU
Essential Requirements of Clause(s)/subclause(s) of Remarks/Notes
Directive 2013/53/EU this EN
Annex I, Part A, 2.3 – Protection Clauses 4 to 13, Annex A These clauses of this standard
from falling overboard and means specify requirements for
of reboarding protection of falling
overboard and means of
reboarding
Annex I, Part A, 2.5 – Owner’s Clause 14 This clause of this standard
manual specifies information for
protection of falling
overboard and means of
reboarding only
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
International
Standard
ISO 15085
Second edition
Small craft — Protection from
2024-07
falling overboard and means of
reboarding
Petits navires — Prévention des chutes par-dessus bord et
remontée à bord
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General requirements . 4
4.1 Prevention from falling overboard .4
4.2 Deck zones .4
4.3 Required safety devices .5
4.4 General requirements for deck zones .7
4.4.1 All deck zones .7
4.4.2 Deck zones Z1 and Z2 .7
4.5 Requirements for operation and storage temperature of safety devices .8
4.5.1 Operation temperature .8
4.5.2 Storage temperature .8
5 Slip-resistant surfaces . 8
5.1 General .8
5.2 Requirements for trampolines and nets .8
6 Foot-stops . 8
6.1 General .8
6.2 Foot-stops requirements .8
6.3 Minimum foot-stops height and angle .9
6.4 Foot-stops made of angled surfaces . .10
6.5 Maximum clearance between deck and foot-stop.10
6.6 Continuity on the deck zone level in vicinity of foot-stop .10
6.7 Gaps in the foot-stop rail . .10
7 Handholds . 10
7.1 General .10
7.2 Location in vicinity of outer deck edge .10
7.3 Strength .11
8 Barriers to falling overboard .11
8.1 General .11
8.2 Geometric requirements for barriers to falling overboard .11
8.2.1 Height of barriers to falling overboard .11
8.2.2 Openings in barriers to falling overboard . 12
8.3 Additional requirements for sailing boats . 13
8.3.1 Bow pulpits for sailing boats . 13
8.3.2 Transom barriers to falling overboard for sailing boats . 13
8.3.3 Forward cross beams of sailing catamarans .14
8.3.4 Central hull of sailing trimarans .14
8.4 Risk of falling overboard from elevated deck zones .14
8.5 Barrier to falling overboard design and strength requirements .16
8.5.1 General requirements .16
8.5.2 Requirements for guard-rails or low guard-rails .16
8.5.3 Requirements for guard-lines.16
8.5.4 Requirements for stanchions or guard-line supports .17
9 Hooking points . 17
9.1 General .17
9.2 Location .17
9.3 Location for habitable multihull craft susceptible to inversion .18
9.4 Size .18
9.5 Strength .18

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10 Attachment points for jack-lines .18
10.1 General .18
10.2 Fitting .18
10.3 Strength .18
11 Prevention of falling overboard from high-speed craft . 19
11.1 General .19
11.2 Additional requirements for handholds .19
11.3 Body support . 20
11.4 Seat fixing strength . 20
12 Toe straps for sailing dinghies .20
13 Means of reboarding .20
13.1 General requirements . 20
13.2 Requirements for rigid ladder .21
13.3 Requirements for non-rigid ladder . 23
13.4 Reboarding test . .24
14 Owner’s manual .24
Annex A (normative) Test of seats for high-speed craft .25
Bibliography .30

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ISO 15085:2024(en)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 188 Small craft, in collaboration with the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 464, Small Craft, in accordance
with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 15085:2003), which has been technically
revised. It also incorporates the Amendments ISO 15085:2003/Amd 1:2009 and ISO 15085:2003/Amd 2:2017.
The main changes are as follows:
— simplification of the document’s arrangement;
— creation of a new approach with requirements based on risk assessment principles of deck zones;
— definition of “normal operation” and a longer list of functions to ensure safety;
— replacement of requirements for guard-rail and guard-line systems with a single concept of “falling
overboard barrier”;
— improvement of requirements on high speed craft;
— requirements for toe straps for sailing dinghies;
— amendment of means of reboarding.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

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International Standard ISO 15085:2024(en)
Small craft — Protection from falling overboard and means of
reboarding
1 Scope
This document specifies the design as well as the construction and strength requirements for safety devices
and arrangements intended to minimize the risk of persons falling overboard, and requirements to facilitate
reboarding from the water, unaided, on small craft.
This document is applicable to the risk of falling overboard and does not apply to falling within the limits of
the deck zone.
This document includes the use of toe straps for hiking out on small sailing boats, but it does not apply to the
use of trapezes or similar devices that are designed to allow crew to operate sailing boats with their bodies
entirely outside the periphery of the craft.
This document does not apply to the following small craft types:
— canoes, kayaks;
— personal watercraft including powered surfboards.
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 8666:2020, Small craft — Principal data
ISO 12217-2:2022, Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization — Part 2: Sailing boats
of hull length greater than or equal to 6 m
ISO 12217-3:2022, Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization — Part 3: Boats of hull
length less than 6 m
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
craft
small craft
recreational boat, and other watercraft using similar equipment, of up to 24 m length of hull (L )
H
Note 1 to entry: The measurement methodology for the length of hull is defined in ISO 8666.
[SOURCE: ISO 8666:2020, 3.15, modified — Note 1 to entry added.]

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3.2
personal watercraft
watercraft intended for sports and leisure purposes, of less than 4 m in hull length, which uses a propulsion
engine having a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion and designed to be operated by a person
or persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on, rather than within the confines of a hull
Note 1 to entry: The measurement methodology for the length of hull is defined in ISO 8666:2020.
[SOURCE: ISO 13590:2022, 3.1]
3.3
design category
description of the sea and wind conditions for which a boat is assessed to be suitable
Note 1 to entry: The design categories are specified in ISO 12217-1.
3.4
sailing boat
craft (3.1) for which the primary means of propulsion is by wind power, having reference sail area
2/3
(A ) ≥ 0,07(m )
S LDC
Note 1 to entry: A is expressed in m and m is expressed in kg.
S LDC
[SOURCE: ISO 8666:2020, 3.11, modified — Note 1 to entry added.]
3.5
non-sailing boat
craft (3.1) for which the primary means of propulsion is other than by wind power, having reference sail
2/3
area (A ) < 0,07(m )
S LDC
Note 1 to entry: A is expressed in m and m is expressed in kg.
S LDC
[SOURCE: ISO 8666:2020, 3.10, modified — Note 1 to entry added.]
3.6
high-speed craft
craft (3.1) having a maximum speed, in knots, greater than 7 L or 25 knots, whichever is the greater
H
Note 1 to entry: the conversion factor at the first instance: 1 knot = 1,852 km/h.
3.7
working deck
external deck areas defined by the manufacturer for people to stand or walk during normal operation (3.27)
of the craft (3.1), -assigned into different deck zones (3.8)
3.8
deck zone
working deck (3.7) area of the craft (3.1) where there is a risk of falling overboard during normal operation
(3.27) of the craft
3.9
safety device
device that is used to prevent falling overboard or provide reboarding functions, either on its own or as a
part of a system
Note 1 to entry: Table 2 provides list of safety devices considered by this document.
3.10
slip-resistant surface
surface intentionally provided to increase grip between the foot (or shoe) and the surface of the deck

ISO 15085:2024(en)
3.11
foot-stop
feature which provides a barrier or support for the foot
3.12
barrier to falling overboard
permanent structure designed to restrain person from falling overboard made of guard-rails (3.13), guard-
lines (3.14), coamings (3.17), bulwark or other elements, or combination of such
3.13
guard-rail
system of rigid structure designed to restrain person from falling overboard
3.14
guard-line
system of flexible lines supported by rigid structures or stanchions (3.15) designed to restrain person from
falling overboard
3.15
stanchion
upright bar or pole carrying a guard-rail (3.13) or guard-line (3.14)
3.16
pulpit
pushpit
rigid frame replacing or extending a guard-rail (3.13) or guard-line (3.14)
3.17
coaming
raised part of the deck or superstructures
3.18
handhold
device or part of the craft (3.1) intended to be gripped by hand to reduce the risk of falling overboard, even
if it is not its main function
3.19
hooking point
specific device, jack-line (3.20) or part of the craft (3.1) to which people can directly attach the hook of a
safety harness, even if it is not its main function
3.20
jack-line
flexible line or rigid bar intended for the attachment of the line of a safety harness and allowing movement
along its length
3.21
reboard
action of a person to climb aboard a craft (3.1) from the water
3.22
means of reboarding
rigid or flexible device or part of the hull which allows a person to reboard (3.21) unaided
3.23
strong point
fitting on a craft (3.1) designed to be used for the attachment of anchor chains, anchor lines, tow lines or warps
3.24
body support
part of the craft (3.1) intended to provide support to the body of an occupant while underway

ISO 15085:2024(en)
3.25
seat
surface, horizontal or nearly horizontal, intended for a person to sit, with minimum dimensions of 400 mm
width by 750 mm length inclusive of clear foot space in front of the seat
3.26
outer deck edge
outboard deck edge at the periphery of the craft (3.1)
EXAMPLE Gunwale.
3.27
normal operation
use of the product in the manner for which it is intended, and in accordance with the specifications,
instructions and information provided by the manufacturer
3.28
toe strap
device for retaining the crew’s feet such that they can hike, i.e. extend their bodies beyond the periphery of
the boat, in order to balance the craft (3.1), without falling overboard
4 General requirements
4.1 Prevention from falling overboard
To minimize the risk of falling overboard, the craft shall provide safe access to and use of areas required for
its safe operation.
According to the type of the craft, the intended use and the design category, there shall be:
— deck zones assigned according to 4.2;
— safety devices installed to these deck zones according to 4.3.
There can be areas which are not intended to accommodate persons during normal operation. Those areas
are not considered to be part of the deck zones, but they shall be described in the craft owner’s manual.
4.2 Deck zones
Table 1 assigns deck zones to areas of the craft.
The craft shall accommodate the maximum recommended number of persons in a combination of deck zone
Z1, and the interior of the craft.
Where different maximum recommended number of persons are assigned to different design categories for
a craft, it shall be ensured the requirements of this document are met for each design category.

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Table 1 — Deck zones
Deck zones Z1 to Z3
Z1 Z2 Z3
Deck areas that require access at any Deck areas that require access at a Deck areas that require access when
time, including at least the following: speed of 4 knots and below, including nearly stationary including at least
at least the following: the following:
— helm position — engine space — mooring strong points
— emergency steering position — emergency steering installation — means of reboarding
a
— emergency controls — tow points — boarding area
— manual bilge pump(s) — sail hoist, drop areas for non- — areas within the zone where
furling sails persons stand, lean, lay or sit
b
— sail setting equipment
— areas within the zone where
— primary controls areas for
persons stand, lean, lay or sit
furling, unfurling, hoisting,
dropping sails — life raft stowage
— main companionway(s)
— areas within the zone where
persons stand, lean, lay or sit
a
Examples of emergency controls: fuel shut-off release, fire extinguisher release, battery disconnect switch, LPG shut-off
valve.
b
Examples of sail setting equipment: main sail and genoa winches.
4.3 Required safety devices
The requirements given in Tables 3 and 4 shall apply. For each option related to a design category, the
corresponding safety devices shall be identified by their index number from Table 2.
When required, the safety devices shall fulfil all the requirements of the relevant clause.
In addition to the requirements set in Tables 3 and 4:
— for all craft, the means of reboarding the requirements of Clause 13 shall apply;
— all craft with several working deck levels where the crew can access shall fulfil the requirements of 8.4;
— habitable multihulls susceptible to inversion shall fulfil the requirements of 9.3.
NOTE 1 ISO 12217-1:2022, ISO 12217-2:2022 and ISO 12217-3:2022 provide requirements to define habitable
multihulls susceptible to inversion.
Table 2 provides the list of safety devices.
Table 2 — List of safety devices
Index Safety devices Clause
1 Slip-resistant surface Clause 5
2 Foot-stop Clause 6
3 Handholds Clause 7
4 Low barriers to falling overboard Clause 8
5 High barriers to falling overboard Clause 8
6 Hooking points Clause 9
7 Falling overboard prevention on high-speed craft (where relevant) Clause 11
8 Jack-line attachment points Clause 10

ISO 15085:2024(en)
The safety devices requirements given in Table 3 according to deck zones for the relevant length of hull (L )
H
and design category of the craft for non-sailing boats shall apply.
NOTE 2 The measurement methodology for the length of hull (L ) is defined in ISO 8666. Length of hull is expressed
H
in metres (m).
Table 3 — Requirements of safety devices according to deck zones for non-sailing boat
Options
I II III IV V VI
Design category
A B B B C D
L > 8,5 m L ≤ 8,5 m Any L
H H H
Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone
a
Safety device index Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3
1                  
2         
3                  
4    
5    
6      
7      
a
See Table 2.
The safety devices requirements given in Table 4 according to deck zones for the relevant length of hull (L )
H
and design category of the craft for sailing boats shall apply.
NOTE 3 The measurement methodology for the length of hull (L ) is defined in ISO 8666. Length of hull is expressed
H
in metres (m).
Table 4 — Requirements of safety devices according to deck zones for sailing boat
Options
VII VIII IX X XI XII
Design category
A B and C B and C C C D
b c
L > 8,5 m L ≤ 8,5 m Any L Any L
H H H H
Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone Deck zone
a
Safety device index Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z1 Z2 Z3
1                  
2          
3                  
4   
5  
     
6 
8   
a
See Table 2.
b
Option X is limited to craft intended for daytime navigation only, i.e. not during the night. This information shall be inserted
in the owner’s manual.
c
Option XI is limited to sailing boats, either capsize or knockdown recoverable or fitted with flotation in accordance with
ISO 12217-3:2022.
ISO 15085:2024(en)
As an exception for non-sailing boats and sailing boats, deck zone Z3 areas where persons do not have an
activity as specified in Table 1 and only stand, lean, lay or sit may be fitted without handholds.
Different areas of the deck zones may be assigned different options according to the relevant length of hull
(L ) and design category of the craft.
H
4.4 General requirements for deck zones
4.4.1 All deck zones
Connection between areas of the deck zones shall be provided. This may include passage through the
interior.
Within any deck zone, openings leading directly to water and not provided with a hatch or other protective
covering shall be:
— surrounded by barriers to falling overboard as required in Clause 8; or
— fitted with trampolines or nets.
EXAMPLE Opening between hulls on a catamaran.
Steps shall not be higher than 500 mm [as illustrated in Figure 1 a)] and obstacles shall not be higher or
longer than 500 mm [as illustrated in Figures 1 b) and c)].
Dimensions in millimetres
a) Step b) Long obstacle c) High obstacle
Figure 1 — Diagram illustrating some requirements of 4.4.1
4.4.2 Deck zones Z1 and Z2
The outer periphery areas of deck zones Z1 and Z2, whether longitudinal or transversal, shall:
— be angled transversally less than 15° to the horizontal, when the craft is upright;
— have a minimum width, measured perpendicular to the foot-stop inner limit (or the lateral outer deck
edge of the deck if there is no foot-stop), of 100 mm for design category D, 120 mm for category C and
150 mm for categories A and B.

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4.5 Requirements for operation and storage temperature of safety devices
4.5.1 Operation temperature
Plastic materials used in safety devices shall be capable of operation in ambient temperature of –20 °C to +60 °C.
4.5.2 Storage temperature
Plastic materials used in safety devices shall be capable of withstanding storage at ambient temperature of
–30 °C to +60 °C and shall subsequently be capable of operation in ambient temperature listed in 4.5.1.
5 Slip-resistant surfaces
5.1 General
All deck zones where people can stand or walk shall be fitted with slip-resistant surfaces. Where the deck
zone transitions to an appliance, obstruction, step or other design feature, a band of non-slip resistant
surface may be used provided that the transition is less than 75 mm wide.
Outside the areas defined in 4.4.2, glazed appliances in the deck zone area, no larger than 500 mm × 500 mm
in size, may be non-slip resistant.
NOTE Glazed appliances are referenced in ISO 12216 (e.g. windows, hatches).
5.2 Requirements for trampolines and nets
Trampolines and nets which are part of the deck zones shall have slip-resistant characteristics.
The junction between the trampolines or nets and the craft shall minimize the risk of foot trapping.
The connection of trampoline and nets to the craft shall support, without failure such that they no longer
perform their intended purpose, a uniform load over the area of the trampoline or net, of 3 000 N/m or
50 % of the maximum recommended number of persons, whichever is less.
6 Foot-stops
6.1 General
When required by 4.3, foot-stops shall conform to the requirements of 6.2 to 6.7.
NOTE 1 Bulwarks can be considered as foot-stops.
NOTE 2 Figure 2 shows a few examples of foot-stops.
6.2 Foot-stops requirements
Foot-stops shall be installed continuously at the outer periphery of the deck zones.
Foot-stops may be omitted on the following:
— capsize-recoverable craft;
— where the crew is not intended to walk but only sit when the craft is underway (e.g. a sailing-boat deck
edge where the crew hikes);
— the aft limit (perpendicular to the longitudinal axis) of deck zones (e.g. top of transoms);
— front and aft structural beams (perpendicular to the longitudinal axis) of multihulls.

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6.3 Minimum foot-stops height and angle
The height (h) of the upper edge of the foot-stop shall be not less than:
— for craft of design category C:
— 25 mm for sailing boats;
— 20 mm for non-sailing boats;
— for craft of design category A and B:
— 30 mm for sailing boats;
— 25 mm for non-sailing boats.
The height shall be measured perpendicular to the adjacent deck zone, from the highest point of the deck
within 100 mm of the foot-stop, to the highest point of the inner surface of the foot-stop [as illustrated in
Figure 2 a)].
If the edges of the foot-stop have a fillet radius greater than 8 mm, the height of the foot-stop shall be
measured between the closest points of these fillets [as illustrated in Figure 2 b)].
To stop the foot from slipping outboard, the angle in the internal face (or of a tangent to it) shall not be
more than 30° from the vertical [as illustrated in Figure 2 c)], except on non-sailing boats using the device
described in 6.4.
Dimensions in millimetres
a) b) c)
d) e)
Key
1 foot-stop above deck level
a
Fillet radius > 8 mm.
h height of the foot-stop according to 6.3
Figure 2 — Diagram illustrating the requirements of 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6

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6.4 Foot-stops made of angled surfaces
Angled surface foot-stops may be used on non-sailing boats of design categories C and D. These surfaces
shall have an inclination of not less than 20° from the horizontal and a height according to 6.3 [as illustrated
in Figure 2 d)].
These angled surfaces shall be slip-resistant.
6.5 Maximum clearance between deck and foot-stop
If there is a vertical clearance between deck and foot-stop level, the open spaces between the deck level and
the bottom of the lowest point of foot-stopping shall not be greater than 40 mm [as illustrated in Figure 2 e)].
Where a bulwark provides the foot-stop function, vertical gap between the deck surface and the bulwark
shall not be higher than 100 mm.
6.6 Continuity on the deck zone level in vicinity of foot-stop
Steps in the deck within 100 mm of the
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