Two decades of experience and consultation across the industry, as well as teamwork from the Red Ensign Group (REG), has led to the creation of a new yacht code which comes into force next year.
The REG Yacht Code was officially launched last November at the Global Superyacht Forum in Amsterdam amidst much interest from the industry. It comes into force on 1 January 2019.
In its new format, the Code pulls together the Large Yacht and Passenger Yacht Codes as part A and B with common annexes – such as for over-side working systems, recreational fire appliances sailing vessels and helicopter landing areas. It keeps the familiar format of the existing Red Ensign Group codes but will be more dynamic to industry change and development.
Although the Codes were largely working successfully, it was clear that refinement was needed and some clarity around the day to day interpretation. However, the equivalences and concepts in the
Code were widely accepted and implemented by industry and it was important for the REG that these fundamental elements were maintained.
The previous Codes were put together to allow designers and surveyors to quickly understand whether what is being proposed meets the intent of the Code. The new Code retains this as its underlying theme.
Getting the new Code ready for its launch was a long and involved process. From the start it was recognised that for it to work, all the Red Ensign Group members needed to be involved and also that it would be essential to involve the wider industry.
The Red Ensign Group is a collaboration of British Ship Registers made up of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies (Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey) and the UK Overseas Territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and
the Turks & Caicos Islands).
It was back in 1997 that the first version of the Code was produced by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency with the Passenger Yacht Code published in 2010. Two decades on and the new version reflects all the expertise gained across the intervening years not just from the MCA but right across the Red Ensign Group and into the industry beyond.
The process has involved debate and discussion within the Red Ensign Group and beyond its walls into the wider yacht industry.
Richard Pellew, from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, is assistant director for the Directorate of Strategy and Corporate Services, responsible for Business Improvement and Assurance. Previously he was Area Operations Manager for survey and inspections and still carries out front line surveys and inspections.
In his
current role, he is the permanent co-chair of the Red Ensign Group Technical Forum which oversees the
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