To: OWNERS, OPERATORS, MASTERS and YACHT BUILDERS.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry (CISR) occasionally receives requests to permit television shows on large yachts.
1.2 As well as the issues surrounding the carriage of ‘additional passengers’, any modifications to the fabric of the vessel, which may include the running of temporary cables and other compliance issues such as the seafarer’s hours of work and rest will need careful management.
1.3 The purpose of this guidance notice is to set out CISR’s regulatory framework, policy and our expectations on the scope of the operator’s risk assessment and level of project management.
1.4 For the purposes of this notice, the term ‘additional passengers’ means persons embarked above the number of passengers that a Large Yacht (i.e. REG Code Part A) is certified to carry in commercial use (i.e. 12 pax).
1.5 Included in the number of ‘additional passengers’ are the cast, TV production team, security, and any other personnel required for the event. It does not include ‘occasional workers’ (as defined in REG Yacht Code Annex E Section E2) who are accommodated onboard.