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re-engineer its Rules for Classification and Certification of Yachts. framework for yachts of all sizes. yacht market poses enormous safety challenges. pragmatic limits on safe outcomes. regulatory requirements. mooring and anchoring outfit. sufficient. breaking new technological frontiers. lot of comfortable but combustible furnishings?

International classification society Bureau Veritas has joined forces with yacht designers and builders to completely reengineer its Rules for Classification and Certification of Yachts. The new Rules, launched today, build on Bureau Veritas' experience with high-technology vessels and materials to provide designers and builders with a safe, pragmatic, robust and rationale framework for yachts of all sizes. Etienne Thiberge, Head the hull department of the Marine Technical Division for Bureau Veritas, says, "The explosive growth in the mega yacht market poses enormous safety challenges. Setting up a safety framework for high tech pleasure vessels, especially those over 24m LOA but under 500 gt requires a careful balancing of technical freedom with pragmatic limits on safe outcomes.