EN ISO 15085:2003

Small craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery (ISO 15085:2003)

ISO 15085:2003 specifies the design as well as the construction and strength requirements for safety devices and arrangements intended to minimize the risk of falling overboard, and requirements to facilitate reboarding.
It describes means which can be used individually or combined to achieve these objectives, and applies to small craft of up to 24 m length of hull.
ISO 15085:2003 is not applicable to the following boat types:
aquatic toys;canoes, kayaks, or other boats with a beam less than 1,1 m;personal watercraft, covered by ISO 13590;inflatable boats with a hull length of less than 8 m, covered by ISO 6185.

Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Verhütung von Mann-über-Bord-Unfällen und Bergung (ISO 15085:2003)

Diese Internationale Norm bestimmt die Auslegung von sowie die Konstruktions- und Festigkeitsanforderun-gen an Sicherheitsvorrichtungen und -ausstattungen, die dafür vorgesehen sind, entweder bei üblichen Tätigkeiten angewendet zu werden oder das Risiko zu verringern, von begehbaren Bootsflächen über Bord zu fallen und das Wiedereinsteigen aus dem Wasser zu erleichtern.
Diese Norm, die für kleine Wasserfahrzeuge mit einer Rumpflänge bis 24 m gilt, beschreibt Vorrichtungen, die ein-zeln oder kombiniert angewendet werden können, um den vorgesehenen Zweck zu erreichen.
Für folgende Bootsarten gilt diese Internationale Norm nicht:
¾ Spielzeugboote;
¾ Kanus, Kajaks oder andere Boote mit einer Decksbreite von weniger als 1,1 m;
¾ Wasserskooter, die in ISO 13590 erfasst sind;
¾ aufblasbare Boote mit einer Rumpflänge von weniger als 8 m, die in ISO 6185 erfasst sind.

Petits navires - Prévention de chutes d'homme à la mer et remontée à bord (ISO 15085:2003)

L'ISO 15085:2002 spécifie tant la conception que la construction et les exigences de résistance s'appliquant aux dispositifs de sécurité et aménagements destinés à réduire au minimum le risque de chute à la mer, et prescrit les exigences visant à faciliter la remontée à bord.
Elle décrit les dispositifs qui peuvent être utilisés, individuellement ou combinés, pour remplir ces objectifs, et s'applique aux bateaux d'une longueur de coque inférieure ou égale à 24 m.
Les types de bateau suivants sont exclus du domaine d'application :
les jouets aquatiques ;les canoës, kayaks, ou autres bateaux d'un bau inférieur à 1,1 m ;les véhicules nautiques à moteur (VNM), qui relèvent de par l'ISO 13590 ;les bateau gonflables d'une longueur de coque inférieure à 8 m, qui relèvent de l'ISO 6185.

Mala plovila - Preprečevanje padca človeka v vodo in reševanje iz nje (zaščita in oprema) (ISO 15085:2003)

Ta mednarodni standard določa zahteve za načrtovanje ter zahteve za konstrukcijo in trdnost varnostnih naprav in ukrepe, namenjene zmanjšanju tveganja za padec v vodo, ter zahteve za lažje ponovno vkrcanje.
Opisuje sredstva za doseganje teh ciljev, ki jih je mogoče uporabljati samostojno ali v kombinaciji z drugimi sredstvi in se uporablja za mala plovila z dolžino trupa do 24 m.
Ta mednarodni standard se ne uporablja za naslednje vrste čolnov:
vodne igrače;
kanuji, kajaki ali drugi čolni z največjo širino do 1,1 m;
osebna plovila, zajeta v standardu ISO 13590;
napihljivi čolni z dolžino trupa pod 8 m, zajeti v standardu ISO 6185.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2003
• Withdrawal Date: 13-Apr-2025
• ICS: 47.080 - Small craft
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 464 - Small Craft
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 464 - Small Craft
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 18-Sep-2024
• Completion Date: 14-Apr-2025
• Directive: 2003/44/EC - Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft
• Directive: 2013/53/EU - Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC
• Directive: 94/25/EC - Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft
• Mandate: M/075 - Revised mandate to CEN for standardization in the field of recreational craft
• Mandate: M/542 - [C(2015)8736] Standardisation Request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electro-technical Standardisation as regards recreational craft and personal watercraft in support of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC.
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 15085:2004 - Small craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery (ISO 15085:2003)

Relations

• Replaced By: EN ISO 15085:2024 - Small craft - Protection from falling overboard and means of reboarding (ISO 15085:2024)
• Effective Date: 18-Jan-2023
• Amended By: EN ISO 15085:2003/A1:2009 - Small craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery - Amendment 1 (ISO 15085:2003/Amd 1:2009)
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022
• Amended By: EN ISO 15085:2003/A2:2018 - Small craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery - Amendment 2 (ISO 15085:2003/Amd 2:2017)
• Effective Date: 21-Oct-2015

Standards Content (Sample)

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Verhütung von Mann-über-Bord-Unfällen und Bergung (ISO 15085:2003)Petits navires - Prévention de chutes d'homme a la mer et remontée a bord (ISO 15085:2003)Small craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery (ISO 15085:2003)47.080ýROQLSmall craft13.340.60Protection against falling and slippingICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN ISO 15085:2003SIST EN ISO 15085:2004en01-februar-2004SIST EN ISO 15085:2004SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHE NORMEN ISO 15085April 2003ICS 47.080English versionSmall craft - Man-overboard prevention and recovery (ISO15085:2003)Petits navires - Prévention de chutes d'homme à la mer etremontée à bord (ISO 15085:2003)Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Verhütung von Mann-über-Bord-Unfällen und Bergung (ISO 15085:2003)This European Standard was approved by CEN on 6 December 2002.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UnitedKingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36
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2003-07-16ForewordThis document (EN ISO 15085:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 188"Small craft", the secretariat of which is held by CMC.This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication ofan identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2003, and conflicting nationalstandards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2003.This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commissionand the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EUDirective(s).For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZB, which is an integral part of thisdocument.According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations ofthe following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, CzechRepublic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland andthe United Kingdom.Endorsement noticeThe text of ISO 15085:2003 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15085:2003 without anymodifications.NOTE
Normative references to International Standards are listed in Annex ZA (normative).SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

Correspondence between this European Standard and EU DirectivesClauses/sub-clauses of thisEuropean StandardCorresponding annexes/paragraphs of Directive94/25/ECCommentsAll ClausesAnnex 1, 2.3SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

Reference numberISO 15085:2003(E)© ISO 2003
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO15085First edition2003-04-01Small craft — Man-overboard prevention and recovery Petits navires — Prévention des chutes d'homme à la mer et remontée à bord
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ISO 15085:2003(E) © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved iii Contents Page Foreword.v Introduction.vi 1 Scope.1 2 Normative references.1 3 Terms and definitions.1 4 General requirements.4 4.1 Functions of the working deck.4 4.2 Means of protection.4 4.3 Minimum width of decks.4 4.4 Continuity of the working deck.4 5 Safety devices.5 6 Tables of requirements.6 6.1 General.6 6.2 Requirements for non-sailing boats.6 6.3 Requirements for sailing boats.6 7 Specific requirement for slip-resistant areas.7 7.1 General.7 7.2 Requirements for trampolines and nets.7 8 Requirements for foot-stops.8 8.1 General.8 8.2 Provision of foot-stops.8 8.3 Minimum foot-stop height and angle.8 8.4 Foot-stops made of angled surfaces.9 8.5 Maximum foot-stop clearance between deck and foot stop.9 8.6 Continuity on the working deck level in way of the foot-stop.9 8.7 Gaps in the foot-stop rail.10 9 Requirements for handholds.10 9.1 General.10 9.2 Location in way of side decks.10 9.3 Strength.10 10 Common requirements for low and high guard-rails and guard-lines.10 10.1 General.10 10.2 Height of guard-rails or guard-lines.10 10.3 Intermediate lines, vertical spacing and maximum gap.11 10.4 Risk of falling overboard from elevated parts.12 10.5 Openings in guard-rails/guard-lines.14 10.6 Bow pulpits for sailing boats.14 10.7 Transom guard-rails/guard-lines for sailing boats.15 10.8 Forward cross beams of sailing catamarans.15 10.9 Central hull of sailing trimarans.15 11 Specific strength requirements for guard-rails or low guard-rails.16 12 Specific requirements for guard-lines.17 12.1 Requirements for high guard-lines, low guard-lines and intermediate guard-lines.17 12.2 Requirements for stanchions or guard-line supports.17 13 Requirements for hooking points.18 SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) iv © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved 13.1 General.18 13.2 Location.18 13.3 Size.18 13.4 Strength.18 14 Attachment points for jack-lines.18 14.1 General.18 14.2 Fitting.19 14.3 Strength.19 15 Body support on high-speedboats.19 15.1 General.19 15.2 Body support.19 16 Means of reboarding.19 17 Owner's manual.20 Bibliography.21
ISO 15085:2003(E) © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved v 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 through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 15085 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 188, Small craft. SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) vi © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved Introduction This International Standard is based on the idea that safety on board of small craft is not obtained through one simple safety item, but through the conjunction of several items. It is also based on the knowledge that there is not one single set of safety items per design category and boat type, but several. In some instances, it therefore provides the boat builder with different options according to the general use he intends for the boat, within its design category. The main issue is the definition of the working deck, up to the boat builder, and as people present on the working deck under normal operation, i.e. under way, shall be protected. This definition is of major importance. For example, on some boats the working deck is limited to the cockpit, whereas in others it encompasses the whole deck area.
Access to and use of strong points is a separate issue and is therefore treated differently: this access and use is needed, but not necessarily when the boat is under way and never at full speed, hence not necessarily on the working deck.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 15085:2003(E) © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved 1 Small craft — Man-overboard prevention and recovery 1 Scope This International Standard specifies the design as well as the construction and strength requirements for safety devices and arrangements intended to minimize the risk of falling overboard, and requirements to facilitate reboarding. It describes means which can be used individually or combined to achieve these objectives, and applies to small craft of up to 24 m length of hull. This International Standard is not applicable to the following boat types:  aquatic toys;  canoes, kayaks, or other boats with a beam less than 1,1 m;  personal watercraft, covered by ISO 13590;  inflatable boats with a hull length of less than 8 m, covered by ISO 6185. 2 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this International Standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this International Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of ISO and IEC maintain registers of currently valid International Standards. ISO 8666:2002, Small craft — Principal data ISO 12217 (all parts):2002, Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this International Standard, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 design category description of the sea and wind conditions for which a boat is assessed to be suitable NOTE The applicable design categories are summarized in Table 1. SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) 2 © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved Table 1 — Definitions of the design categories Design category Wind speed (Beaufort scale) Significant wave height m A - “Ocean” > 8 > 4 B - “Offshore” u 8 u 4 C - “Inshore” u 6 u 2 D - “Sheltered waters” u 4 u 0,3
3.2 length of hull LH length of the hull according to ISO 8666 NOTE Length of hull is expressed in metres (m). 3.3 sailing boat boat designed to use sails as its primary means of propulsion, as defined in ISO 8666 3.4 non-sailing boat boat not corresponding to the definition of a sailing boat EXAMPLE Motor-boat, rowing boat. 3.5 high-speed boat motor boat having a maximum speed, in knots, greater than 10 HL or 25 knots, whichever is the greater 3.6 working deck external areas defined by the boat builder for people to stand or walk during normal operation of the boat NOTE 1 The working deck is normally composed of rigid parts of the boat, such as decks, coach-roofs, superstructures, flying bridges, etc. but may also consist of flexible parts, such as trampolines and nets.
NOTE 2 On some boats the working deck is limited to the cockpit, the foredeck only being used for access to strong points. NOTE 3 Unless specifically stated by the boat builder, areas having an inclination of more than 25° to the horizontal in a longitudinal direction, or more than 30° in a transverse direction, are not considered to be part of the working deck. 3.7 slip-resistant surface surface intentionally prepared, machined, covered, moulded, etc. to provide increased adherence between the foot (or shoe) and the surface of the deck EXAMPLE Paint with “non-slip” characteristics, diamond head patterned moulded deck, “non-skid” covering, unpainted wooden decks, trampolines.
3.8 foot-stop machined, moulded or fitted, relief or projection of the deck, or any other device, which provides a barrier or a support for the foot when the boat is heeling or rolling EXAMPLE Toe rails, bulwarks, coamings. SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved 3 3.9 guard-rail permanent rigid structure designed to restrain people from falling overboard NOTE An intermediate line/rail
may be required (see clause 10), which may be flexible. EXAMPLE Timber, or metallic rigid rail. 3.10 guard-line system of flexible lines supported by rigid structures or stanchions, designed to restrain people from falling overboard NOTE An intermediate line/rail may be required (see clause 10), which may be flexible. 3.11 stanchion vertical bars or poles carrying guard-rail or guard-line 3.12 pulpit rigid frame replacing or extending a guard-line or guard-rail EXAMPLE Stem pulpit, mast pulpit, stern pushpit. NOTE Usually, pulpits are forward of the boat and pushpits are aft. 3.13 coaming raised part of the deck or superstructures, often used to reduce the ingress of water in a protected area 3.14 handhold any part of the boat that may be gripped by hand to reduce the risk of falling overboard, even if it is not its main function EXAMPLE Handle, shroud, seat edge, cleat, top of windscreen, steering wheel, foot strap of sailing dinghy. 3.15 hooking point eye, fitting, or any device to which people can clip directly a safety harness and be able to move around an area of the working deck, even if it is not its main function, for example jack-line, shroud, rod chainplate 3.16 jack-line flexible line or rigid bar intended for attachment of the safety harness allowing safe movement of the crew along its length when attached 3.17 reboarding means rigid or flexible fitting or part of the hull which allows a person to reboard without assistance 3.18 strong point point used for one of the following purposes; an item may have a multiple purpose:  anchoring;  mooring;  towing or being towed SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) 4 © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved 4 General requirements 4.1 Functions of the working deck Safe access to the following areas shall be provided either via the working deck, the interior of the boat or combination thereof:  boat steering including emergency steering;  strong points;  sail handling and trimming;  interior;  engine room compartment. If appropriate, a text or a sketch in the owner's manual shall indicate the working deck area(s) as defined by the boat builder. 4.2 Means of protection Protection against falling overboard from the working deck shall be achieved by applying one of the relevant options as listed in Table 3 or Table 4, taking into account the type or design of the craft and the intended use, within the limits of the design category chosen. It is possible to apply different options to specific areas of the boat. 4.3 Minimum width of decks In order to enable a safe foot treading, the working deck area adjacent to the outer deck edge, whether lateral or longitudinal, shall both  be free, continuous and not angled transversally more than 15° from the horizontal, when the boat is upright  have a width of at least 100 mm for design category D, 120 mm for category C, and 150 mm for category A or B measured perpendicular  to the foot stop inner limit or  the lateral outer deck edge of the deck if there is no foot stop. NOTE The above requirements imply that deck areas having a width less than required above cannot be considered as part of the working deck, and that adjacent wide side or aft cockpit coamings need to fulfil the requirement of lateral deck, like, for example, the ones on guard-rail height of clause 10, if relevant. 4.4 Continuity of the working deck Working deck areas shall be connected, this may include passage through the interior.
Special provision shall be made where changes in elevation or obstacles have to be surpassed. Steps higher than 500 mm [see Figure 1 a)] and obstacles higher or longer than 500 mm shall be avoided [see Figures 1 b) and 1 c)]. SIST EN ISO 15085:2004

ISO 15085:2003(E) © ISO 2003 – All rights reserved 5 Dimensions in millimetres
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