This part of ISO 12215 applies to the determination of design pressures and stresses, and to the
determination of the scantlings, including internal structural members of monohull small craft constructed from
fibre-reinforced plastics, aluminium or steel alloys, glued wood or other suitable boat building material, with a
length of hull, LH, in accordance with ISO 8666, between 2,5 m and 24 m. It only applies to boats in the intact
condition.
It only applies to craft with a maximum speed u 50 knots in mLDC conditions.
The assessment shall generally include all parts of the craft that are assumed watertight or weathertight when
assessing stability, freeboard and buoyancy in accordance with ISO 12217 and are essential to the safety of
the craft and of persons on board.
For the complete scantlings of the craft, this part of ISO 12215 is used in conjunction with Part 6, for details,
Part 7 for multihulls, Part 8 for rudders and Part 9 for appendages and rig attachment.
The scantling determination of windows, portlights, deadlights, hatches and doors, is in accordance with
ISO 12216. The structure supporting these elements is in accordance with this part of ISO 12215.
NOTE 1 Scantlings derived from this part of ISO 12215 are primarily intended to apply to recreational craft including
recreational charter vessels and may not be suitable for performance racing craft.
NOTE 2 This part of ISO 12215 is based on the assumption that scantlings are governed solely by local loads.
NOTE 3 The scantling requirements of this part of ISO 12215 are considered to correspond to the minimum strength
requirements of motor and sailing craft which are operated in a safe and responsible manner, having due cognisance of
the prevailing conditions.
Pressures and stresses are normally expressed in pascals, kilopascals or megapascals. For the purposes of a
better understanding for the users of this part of ISO 12215, the pressures are expressed in kilonewtons per
square metre (1kN/m2 = 1kPa) and stresses or elastic moduli are expressed in newtons per square millimetre
(1 N/mm2 = 1 MPa).
ISO 12215-5:2008 Referenced Document
ASTM C393 Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Sandwich Constructions
ISO 12215-3 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 3: Materials: Steel, aluminium alloys, wood, other materials
ISO 12215-6 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 6: Structural arrangements and details
ISO 12215-7 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 7: Determination of loads for multihulls and of their local scantlings using ISO 12215-5*, 2020-10-31 Update
ISO 12215-9 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 9: Sailing craft appendages*, 2012-06-01 Update
ISO 12216 Small craft — Windows, portlights, hatches, deadlights and doors — Strength and watertightness requirements — Amendment 1*, 2022-07-29 Update
ISO 12217 Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization — Part 3: Boats of hull length less than 6 m*, 2022-12-16 Update
ISO 178 Surface chemical analysis — Secondary ion mass spectrometry — Linearity of intensity scale in single ion counting time-of-flight mass analysers*, 2019-04-01 Update
ISO 1922 Rigid cellular plastics - Determination of shear properties*, 2018-08-31 Update
ISO 527-1 Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 1: General principles*, 2019-07-26 Update
ISO 527-2 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics*, 2012-02-01 Update
ISO 844 Rigid cellular plastics - Determination of compression properties*, 2021-02-28 Update
ISO 845 Cellular plastics and rubbers - Determination of apparent density
2019ISO 12215-5:2019 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings — Part 5: Design pressures for monohulls, design stresses, scantlings determination
2014ISO 12215-5:2008/Amd 1:2014 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 5: Design pressures for monohulls, design stresses, scantlings determination; Amendment 1
2008ISO 12215-5:2008 Small craft - Hull construction and scantlings - Part 5: Design pressures for monohulls, design stresses, scantlings determination