BS EN ISO 10862:2009

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
  4.1 General
  4.2 Identification
  4.3 Inadvertent release or disconnection
  4.4 Overload
  4.5 Dynamic load
  4.6 Operation in-line
  4.7 No-load
  4.8 Operation out of line
  4.9 Re-arming
  4.10 Resistance to debris
  4.11 Resistance to salt water
  4.12 Resistance to corrosion
5 Test methods
  5.1 General
  5.2 Sampling
  5.3 Overload test
  5.4 Operation in-line tests
  5.5 Re-arming test
  5.6 Operation out-of-line tests
  5.7 Inadvertent release test
  5.8 Debris test
  5.9 Salt water test
  5.10 Corrosion test
6 Marking
7 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 89/686/EC

Describes requirements and test methods for quick release devices as a component of the small sailing-craft trapeze system worn whilst afloat.

This International Standard specifies requirements and test methods for quick release devices as a component of the small sailing-craft trapeze system worn whilst afloat. The quick release device is intended to quickly release the wearer from entrapment and minimize the risk of drowning in the event of a failure to release from the sailing-craft trapeze system by other means.

The quick release device is intended to be easily accessible and operated in all conditions that might occur whilst in use, including when a craft is capsized or inverted.