NF EN ISO 13590
Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system installation requirements
This document specifies construction and system installation requirements for personal watercraft. It addresses the builder’s plate, watercraft identification, permanently installed petrol fuel systems, electrical systems, steering systems, ventilation, hull structure and floatation, stability, mooring and towing, flooding, off-throttle steering and the owner’s manual.This document does not apply to outboard powered personal watercraft and jet powered surfboards.
This document specifies construction and system installation requirements for personal watercraft. It addresses the builder’s plate, watercraft identification, permanently installed petrol fuel systems, electrical systems, steering systems, ventilation, hull structure and floatation, stability, mooring and towing, flooding, off-throttle steering and the owner’s manual.
This document does not apply to outboard powered personal watercraft and jet powered surfboards.
ISO 13590:2003 applies to personal watercraft, for the construction and installation of builder's plate, permanently installed petrol fuel systems, electrical systems, steering systems, ventilation, hull structure and floatation, and requirements for stability, freeboard and owner's manual.
- Avant-propos
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Plaque du constructeur
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5 Identification du véhicule nautique à moteur
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6 Système carburant
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7 Système électrique
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8 Ventilation
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9 Essai de la structure de la coque
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10 Essai de flottabilité
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11 Essai du système de direction
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12 Stabilité
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13 Dispositif de coupure du moteur de propulsion
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14 Moyen de remonter à bord
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15 Remorquage
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16 Contrôle de la direction avec les gaz coupés lorsque le véhicule nautique à moteur fait route
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17 Envahissement - Détection et élimination de l'eau
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18 Manuel du propriétaire
- Annexe A (normative) Conditions d'essai, modes opératoires et exigences de performance pour évaluer les capacités de direction avec les gaz coupés d'un véhicule nautique à moteur
- Annexe ZA (informative) Relation entre la présente Norme européenne et les exigences essentielles concernées de la Directive 2013/53/UE
- Bibliographie
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