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• Fuel shut off valves to be closed (4 valves).. All attempts to be made to get the fire under control.
• Navigator to call Mayday on the VHF Radio/DSC following normal Mayday procedure.
• If the fire gets out of control, the last resort is to abandon ship off the bow of the rescue vessel,
taking capsize container, EPIRB, VHF Radio, fresh water, and rations.

There are three ways to get out of the engine room in an emergency:

• Escape through the rudder space watertight door to the rudder space, then through the escape
hatch to the aft deck.
• Escape through the tank space to the forward cabin, then up the ladder to the wheelhouse.
• Escape through the engine room deck hatches onto the aft deck.

6.15. ORC 140 RESCUE VESSEL TOWING
Coxswain/Helmsman to take over control of the rescue vessel.

• Bosun and deck crew to prepare the aft deck for towing operations.
• Coxswain to make the decision to tow, using either the 100 m tow line or the 200 m tow line.
• Two heaving lines to be prepared to throw across the vessel that is to be towed, each deck crew
to have one ready to be deployed.
• Coxswain to make the decision on which side to have the deck crew standing by with the tow
line, port or starboard sides at the aft rail.
• Throw line to be made fast to towing bridal which is attached to the tow line of choice.
• Bitter end of the tow line is fastened to the towing bollard.
• Coxswain/Helmsman to approach the vessel by the bow, heaving line is to be thrown across to
the vessel to be towed.
• Coxswain/Helmsman to maintain position for the tow line to be pulled across to the casualty
vessel.
• Once the tow line is made fast on the casualty vessel, Coxswain/Helmsman to move the rescue
vessel away from the casualty vessel, moving in the direction of where the bow of the casualty
vessel is pointing.

• Deck crew and Bosun to maintain control of the letting out of the tow rope, until the tension is
taken up on the towing bollard.
• Coxswain/Helmsman to slowly apply power to the rescue vessel, until a safe speed is achieved
for the casualty vessel.

6.16. ORC 140 RESCUE VESSEL WATERTIGHT DOORS

The ORC Rescue vessel is divided into 4 watertight compartments below the deck.
The wheelhouse is a watertight compartment in its own right, provided both the main cabin water-
tight door and the watertight door to the forward cabin are closed.
The wheelhouse is a watertight compartment in its own right, provided both the main cabin water-
tight door and the watertight door to the forward cabin are closed.
All watertight doors below deck must be closed while at sea when underway. These are the bulk-
head doors in.

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