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Lifeboat Navigation Equipment
From: Bruce Hamilton
Date: 2008 Nov 16, 12:06 -0800
From: Bruce Hamilton
Date: 2008 Nov 16, 12:06 -0800
I am addressing this question to Jeremy as he is the only person on the list that I know for sure is presently working on a large ship, but feel free to pitch in with the contents of your perfect disaster bag for your boat. What navigation equipment is carried on the lifeboats these days? I imagine the legal requirements are not much, but I was wondering if anything was carried in addition to what was required. Didn't Bligh do his famous lifeboat trip with only a compass? The last course I took for my ROCMC certificate was all about the electronics used these days where the emphasis is all on getting found instead of rescuing yourself. Push the red button on the radio and the radio sends out your distress call, and position if you have the GPS attached unit.If that fails, activate the EPIRB and someone knows where you are in something like 20 minutes. All very nice and I hope it works all the time. I am really out of date as the ships I worked on in my big ship days actually still had open wooden life boats with oars and sails. I used to know what was in inflatable rafts, when I took my last MED course but I don't recall any navigation equipment being required. I know nothing about the contents of encapsulated life boats that I see coming in the harbour here all the time. They are used by the crews to get ashore for a bit of liberty when water taxis are not paid for by the ship. They seem quite hi tech and even have motors. PS. That E-Bay bid on the star fixer jumped like a rocket! Bruce Hamilton Vancouver, BC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To unsubscribe, email NavList-unsubscribe@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---