Since 1st of January 2010, World Sailing has required boats that are to be compliant with their Offshore Special Regulations, to have their scantlings certified. World Sailing themselves issue the certificate but a review of scantlings must be performed by a RCD Approved Body / Notified Body that is specially recognised by World Sailing. HPiVS is one of the bodies that has been recognised.
The procedure requires the owner or builder to apply to the Notified Body for a review. The scope of the plan review shall be to ISO 12215 parts 5 (hull and deck), 8 (rudders) & 9 (appendages) as applicable for design category A.
There are two forms of certification:
1) Series production; where several boats of the same type are produced in accordance with the plans and therefore each yacht will not require individual review and certification
2) Custom or unique boat where the boat is a one of a kind yacht or a series production yacht that has been built or modified such that it is not in accordance with the plans of that series.
On the successful conclusion of that review, the Notified Body makes a formal application to World Sailing for a certificate. The Approved Body must pay World Sailing for the certificate and the owner or builder must pay the Notified Body for the review and certificate.
How quickly can the review be carried out?
The review will be completed by HPiVS within two weeks of receipt of structural drawings and payment. The certificate is usually issued by World Sailing within a few days.
World Sailing publishes a list of yachts reviewed under the scheme on its website. If the yacht is a series type production, there will be a single entry for that type of yacht with a link to a certificate for an owner or builder to make a hardcopy. The owner then signs the declaration including the WIN/CIN/HIN of their particular yacht. For a unique yacht the certificate will not be published on the website and certificates will be issued direct from the World Sailing recognized Notified Body upon compliance with the review requirements.
OSR Structural Plan Reviews and CE Marking
As well as carrying out standalone structural plan reviews, we can also build these reviews into our CE marking assessment. This saves boat builders time and money and makes yachts ready to race; an appealing extra selling point.
Find out more
To find out more and to arrange for one of our experienced experts to carry out a review, please go to our website or contact us.
