# Fast Rescue Craft / Rescue Craft / MOB boats / Designated Rescue Boats

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**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fast-rescue-craft-rescue-craft-mob-boats-designated-rescue-boats/57998 "2021-01-12T00:28:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fast-rescue-craft-rescue-craft-mob-boats-designated-rescue-boats/57998/23 "2021-01-12T21:55:58Z")

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> [@BrownWaterGuy](#):
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> A lifeboat may be accepted as a rescue boat, provided that it and its launching and recovery arrangements also comply with the requirements for a rescue boat.

On a ship with two lifeboats both lifeboats are identical, except one is marked “RESCUE” on the outside.

The difference (at least on the ships I was on) is the davits for #1 boat, the designated rescue boat had a bigger winch motor and the winch had two speeds. The faster speed was to recover the boat in rough seas.

The other difference was the rescue boat was equipped with “lifeboat recovery strops”.

> [@Lifeboat Recovery Strops](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lifeboat-recovery-strops/4990):
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> Does anyone have any experience using the Rescue/Recovery Strops for an enclosed Fassmer Lifeboat?

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/9/d91e3f3e767863f88e04b99aaaa8b160ac636de4.jpeg "Lifeboat Recovery Procedure-HATSU SMART\_20060414.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiRCVXUF2fg)

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