9.3 Minimum safety equipment on board

Recreational Craft are classed into 6 categories:

Charter Boats/Bare Boat Hire

Category A - Ocean

Category B - Offshore

Category C - Coastal

Category D - Inshore / Estuary

Category E - Inland waterways including large open lakes

Category F - Inland Waterways - open boats less than 7 m in length operating in rivers and sheltered areas on lakes in moderate weather conditions.

Hire craft in Irish waters are generally confined to Categories C, D, E and F.