Watertight & Weathertight

In order to maintain watertight and weathertight integrity, the following requirements are made:

• All relevant doors and appliances must be operable.
• All ships must have a means to remove or prevent ice accretion around hatches and doors.
• Hydraulically operated hatches and doors must have a means of preventing freezing or a viscosity of liquids that is above normal.
• If a watertight or weathertight door, hatch, or closing device is not in a habitable environment but necessitates access while at sea, it must be designed in such a way that a person wearing heavy winter clothes, such as thick mittens, can operate it.

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