Lifeboat Drop - especially watch the last part

A regular boat drill goes awry - Be careful when you make fast the hooks of the boat. Especially watch the last part of the video.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ship
• marine
• maritime
• lifeboat
• drill
• accident
• incident
• psc
• port
• state
• control
• deck
• boat
• drop
• fall

[JetMechMA]

Lifeboats are made for launching in an emergency. The problem with what we see in this video is there being people onboard during the hoisting of this equipment. Once the excercise was over, they should have re-boarded the mother vessel by ladder at sea level and hoisted the empty lifeboat by itself. Lifeboats are made for emergency launching, not recovery.

[captainneerajmishra]

@JetMechMA - While there are merits to what you have mentioned, I see two issues -

1) If the lifeboat is also a designated rescue boat (which is true for 80% ships - nearly always the starboard lifeboat is also the rescue boat), then shipstaff should be equally comfortable hoisting it.

2) launching of lifeboats (and hence recovery ) needs to be done every 3 months as per SOLAS III

[captainneerajmishra]

3) CLimbing up the ship after hooking the boat - far easier said than done - most of the ships in my company are large bulk carriers, tankers and car carriers. This would need them climbing up the embarkation rope ladder with aluminium or wooden steps over a height of anywhere between 12 to 20 metres.I fear more people will get injured climbing such a height

[JetMechMA]

@captainneerajmishra: shipstaff should be equally comfortable hoisting it.

JM: I forgot the rescue part of the equation. Of course they would hoist this boat to rescue the survivors. Maybe they just needed to install a safety pin in the mechanism, like Sebaadv said.

[captainneerajmishra]

@JetMechMA - True. Lifeboat hook designs are so crappy- ideally I feel there should be a simple big red coloured pin with a big handle - pull out the handle manuallly locally (one forward and one aft) - and then the officer releases the simultaneous release lever from inside. Unfortunately most lifeboat manufacturers put fancy schmancy gadgets which look crappy even in a naval arch's office and even crappier once on board - with 10 eyars of grime, dust and sea salt

[VancouverCanucksRock]

IF you need to watch closely to see that, you need to get new eye ballz

[captainneerajmishra]

@VancouverCanucksRock - Ha Ha! good one.

[captainneerajmishra]

A misrepresented fact - not true.

In UK flag ships, over the last 10 years, lifeboats have killed more people than they saved. and you know how many UK flag ships there are in the world!

For worldwide statistics, as per the IMO MSC, Since 1990, 532 people were saved due to lifeboats. 6 have died in lifeboat accidents.

That is not to say that the lifeboat design does not need a change - it does. any number of deaths , even 1, is sad and serious.

[sivertsen38]

JetMechMA@.com Its not like that m8 i have been working like that for 20 years its a human fault sorry

[sivertsen38]

@JetMechMA Its not like that m8 i have been working like that for 20 years its a human fault sorry

[forzafreak94]

"Ok guys we have this lifeboat in and recovered." "God dammit thats gonna take another hour to get out of the water." "i wanna eat my sandwiches"

[porschefan102]

"I told you not to hit the red button!!!"

[warbirdsp51]

1:07 rear hoist latch breaks.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@jonathane1976 as a ships bosn i used to go with the C/M and inspect the falls, wires (diameters) and wire condition. ie proper slushing all points greased break thickness, skate and fender pads. and always test the limit switches. check for free for running all rollers and fairleads for the launching wires. ensureing the davit wire is properly attached and centered, lifting rings and release gear. all need to be checked weekly. before a launch.