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In the December 2011 issue of Sailing Today you will find an excellent review of the cheaper ISO
9650 standard liferafts. These liferafts are better than the cheapies that you find in chandlery shops
for around £550.00 but it has to be ISO 9650 Group A for charter use.
Ocean Safety www.oceansafety.com, Zodiac and Viking make good liferafts to the ISO 9650 Group A
standard.
If you intend to charter out the yacht or use it for teaching, you will need a liferaft built to the SOLAS
standard and it must be marked with the ships wheel logo (or it can be to the ISAF OSR standard).
ISAF stands for International Sailing Federation and the raft must comply with the Offshore Special
Regulation Appendix A part 2 (OSR).
Liferafts should ideally be of the canister type and be able to float free and self inflate by the use of
hydrostatic release units. However, valise type, manually operated liferafts are fine.