VCHAR13500 | Lifeboats: Design features

Although we do not stipulate that a boat must possess certain features to be eligible for zero-rating, it is likely that a large sea rescue boat genuinely intended solely for sea rescue would possess the following:

• navigational equipment

• radio transmitters

• radar

• oxygen resuscitation equipment

• first aid equipment

• a prominent indication on both sides of the boat that it is a rescue boat

• salvage pump

• blue flashing beacon, and/or

• special tow lines and posts.

Smaller craft for surf rescue would be less likely to have these features.