Twister_Ken
Well-known member
Just before skiiving off last week, I left my liferaft (due for a service) with an agent that was having an open day. So we duly pulled the string (we had to tug it very hard to activate it, so worries about accidental inflation have moved one step backwards), and made the thing go bang. It struggled in a vaguely primeval manner to burst free of its vacuum packed plastic bag for a second or two, then writhed around the shed floor before becoming first a double tubed square paddling pool sort of affair, and then erecting an arch from which a rather fetching 'blood orange' coloured canopy deployed.
So we were reassured that the thing probably would work as advertised in the event that it was ever needed. Surprises:
For a 4-man it looked small, but as we are normally only 2 aboard, it would be OK
Frost formed on the tubes after inflation - is it Boyle's Law that states that gases moving from high pressure to low pressure cool?
There is a knife velcro-strapped close to the doorway, to allow the painter to be cut. But I wouldn't have known if the agent hadn't shown it to me. It is actually a cork block with a spring-loaded blade retracted inside it. It looks just like a cork block. I've asked them to felt-tip 'knife' on it before repacking.
There were no water or rations included. It'll be repacked with some sacheted water, and some dextrose tablets.
Three hand held reds hardly seemed adequate. They'll be joined by three more, plus three red parachutes, plus one orange smoke.
Also to go in, two foil-lined mountaineers survival bags.
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So we were reassured that the thing probably would work as advertised in the event that it was ever needed. Surprises:
For a 4-man it looked small, but as we are normally only 2 aboard, it would be OK
Frost formed on the tubes after inflation - is it Boyle's Law that states that gases moving from high pressure to low pressure cool?
There is a knife velcro-strapped close to the doorway, to allow the painter to be cut. But I wouldn't have known if the agent hadn't shown it to me. It is actually a cork block with a spring-loaded blade retracted inside it. It looks just like a cork block. I've asked them to felt-tip 'knife' on it before repacking.
There were no water or rations included. It'll be repacked with some sacheted water, and some dextrose tablets.
Three hand held reds hardly seemed adequate. They'll be joined by three more, plus three red parachutes, plus one orange smoke.
Also to go in, two foil-lined mountaineers survival bags.
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