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Do PLBs ...save lives....regularly...? Or...?
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I'm RNLI crew, although I obviously don't speak in any official capacity. We have PLBs on our lifejackets. I don't know if all PLBs...
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ISTM that good science, especially when dealing with chaotic systems like the weather, is very careful not to make claims of precision...
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The good thing about threads like this, is that make you think about those rare situations and how you would deal with them. As a...
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I’m assuming clipped on to the jack stays for that bit. You’re right that might have happened but there’s already a clear and concise...
1 Feb 2025
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Another thought. Reference to the OPs original scenario, there is no evidence to say the incident happened when transferring to the...
1 Feb 2025
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If it were me, launch the life raft (attaching the painter to a suitable cleat first of course), inflate, shorten the painter to an...
1 Feb 2025
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I never fail to be amazed by posts like this. The Met Office app, Met Office weather app is excellent. It gives graphics of cloud, rain...
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Mmmm inflating on board - I would be terrified of it getting punctured. And if you’re on fire…….. For me if I need a life raft, it’s a...
30 Jan 2025
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I would hope that the painter is strong enough to restrain the life raft in a gale, fully laden. Otherwise I would deem it not fit for...
30 Jan 2025
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Suggestions Launch your life raft, secure to vessel, attach a stopper like a 6" pick up buoy to the life raft painter at the boat end...
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It is close to impossible to get in a raft from the water if you're on your own and not a very strong and fit person. This is why the...
30 Jan 2025
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On sea survival courses I've done, there's always the old gag about stepping up into the liferaft from your sinking boat. In practical...
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If memory serves well, all inshore and land big storms. (1) Mid 80’s Kip Marina, during the day over 100 kt gusts from the west. (2)...
23 Jan 2025
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the last time we had such a storm go past us in Stornoway, houses lost their roofs, power outages, boats blown off trailers and those in...
23 Jan 2025
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Brave man bringing an anchor of that vintage to this butter knife fight 🤪
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