Welcome to the LIFEBOAT WALL OF SHAME Please Post a picture of any open lifeboat still in service along with the ship name, company and name of the CEO! NOTE: Yes, like any topic, there are a few minor reasons for keeping these antiques in service. This is not a post to argue those points. Any CEO…

Yes, I am afraid that indeed it is a typical case of contradictio in terminis.

Some of the boats to be used at very high drop level has head straps to mitigate that problem. Of course, if the people who are to use the boat in an emergency cannot be trained because there MAY be a small possibility that that they MAY suffer whiplash during training it would be better to stick t…

Just one question: Have anybody else here on the forum actually done a training drop? OK just one more; If so, what was your experience?

The USCG Report on Deepwater Horizon has information on the use of lifeboats and life rafts in the evacuation that may be of interest: http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/OCS%20NCOE/Macondo%20-%20Deepwater%20Horizon%20Reports/DeepwaterHorizon_ROI_USCG_Volume%20I_20110707_redacted_final-1.pdf?ver=2017…

I’m not sure if it’s any better now, but this was the stbd lifeboat on the MV Mississippi Enterprise (IMO 7929308) when I was on her during one of her previous names. This was 2008/2009ish. [DSCN2410%20-%20Copy] [DSCN2407%20-%20Copy] [DSCN2413%20-%20Copy] It passed every COI and inspection w…

Yes and we used to do it once a year and issue the crew with small plastic wings. The mate was the only one sitting in the coxswains set who could see anything and the expression on his face was worthy of a photo. The rest of us were in sets facing the stern and I can’t see how whiplash could occur. …

I’ve did 2 drops many years ago and there were no real problems; my only real complaint was the lack of thought that went into the cox’s seat; the head strap would only reach around my neck as it was too low and I had to put both feet on the control panel as there was nowhere else to brace against. …

This one has been shown here earlier. The reason it did a loop was apparently that it was dropped without sand bag ballast, or wrongly placed. Even with that spectacular jump, the three people on board was unhurt. (Beat that with a davit launched boat where a fall, or a release hook, fails)

[image] ombugge: Don’t know if they admits Americans, due to the risk of being sued for some real or perceived injury, or trauma. :rofl: I laugh because we get a fair amount of legal complaints and cease and desist orders here at gCaptain and most blow over but one very nearly sunk us. We s…

That is an amazing story. If what you are reporting is accurate, I would expect it to make headline news, at least in the Maritime press. I have never heard of “paper thin freefall lifeboats” before, nor have I been able to find any report of “brand new freefall lifeboats cracking and falling off d…

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