# Too fat for lifeboats

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/too-fat-for-lifeboats/67852>\
**Category:** Offshore\
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/too-fat-for-lifeboats/67852 "2023-12-15T22:32:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mbull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mbull/32/8005_2.png) [@mbull](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mbull)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/too-fat-for-lifeboats/67852/21 "2023-12-19T19:12:16Z")

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> [@jbtam99](#):
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> Where did they get the idea that 74kg(163 lbs) was a good limit weight for offshore workers??

I wonder if the weight corresponds to the average weigh per passenger for determining capacity of passenger vessels. That number went up to 185 lbs in 1999 or 2000, so some inspected pax boats lost passenger carrying capacity.

Marc

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