Safety Audit

Downloadable Equipment Audit Forms

Survey & Inspection

Presentation Of A Boat For Inspection

Boat owners should be aware of the Club's policy in relation to equipment audits and the following broad guidelines. All Boat owners should obtain an Equipment Compliance Form from the N.C.Y.C Sailing Office or from one of the Club's Safety Auditors.

The owner or his representative should carry out the initial inspection and sign the appropriate box on the Equipment Safety form.

Boat owners should then make a firm appointment for an audit and they should be punctual to the time given.

All necessary equipment will be laid out ready for inspection by the safety auditor and the skipper and a knowledgeable crew member should be on board during the inspection.

Equipment to be laid out for inspection

All items required for safety inspection should be laid out starting Port side aft commencing with the lowest rules number.

Storm boards ready to be put in place.

Sea cocks and plugs exposed, not hidden by equipment.

Know the water and fuel capacity of your tanks.

Fire extinguishers taken from brackets so date tags can be sighted.

First Aid Kits open and items with use by dates on the top so that all expiry dates can be checked.

Publications and charts on chart table.

Emergency navigation lights with batteries fitted.

Storm sails on deck ready to hoist with sheets attached.

Radio tuned on and ready to be tested.

RFTs, harnesses, tethers and flares laid out.

Radio installation inspection certificate

Life Raft certificate.

Jackstays rigged.

After Safety Inspection

It is the owner's responsibility to ensure that the boat continues to comply in every respect with the category the boat is competing in.

Owners should remain familiar with the AYF Special Regulations and ensure that all equipment remains on the boat, is kept in good working order and that equipment is replaced or repaired as necessary.

The onus is NOT on the race organisers, the Club or the Equipment Auditors to perform ongoing checks or to confirm compliance. The responsibility remains with the boat owner. The audit only verifies that the equipment is on board at the time of the inspection..