There’s a button which says sky hook on it. No idea if it does anything. I remind you of a post that I made ages ago, whilst some people plan to an inch of their lives I’ll start unwrapping the present once we take delivery and see what we won
Guests are more than welcome to bring dogs. Prices start at £10k per paw.Yes, they are good for getting dogs back on board....wish I had one....you will be able to tell your clients that they can bring their dogs on their cruise
There’s a button which says sky hook on it. No idea if it does anything. I remind you of a post that I made ages ago, whilst some people plan to an inch of their lives I’ll start unwrapping the present once we take delivery and see what we won
I’ll let you know.
On that basis I’ll say we haven’t got it then.
Henry these are often interlocked so that hi-lo is disabled if engines are running and engines wont start unless platform is up. My last boat was like this but also had a junction box in engine room where you could unscrew the lid and activate a factory prepared override. I always had it activated so that I could move the platform with engines running and would only get an alarm if engines were running with platform down. No idea how Princess do this - many ways to skin this cat - but worth getting to the bottom of imho.
That's BS. You NEED a remote. I've had hi-lo for 10+ seasons and it would be useless without a remote. Imho, insist on one.How very kind of you to book us for the Hut, I’ll send over payment details…….
I will ask the question tomorrow re: bathing platforms. I know there are safety considerations and for that reason a remote isn’t routinely offered even though it would make tender recovery much easier. I can see I’m going to get my feet wet !
I don't agree the "engines off" bit. Beam on to the waves unstabilised? No thanks!Seems not unreasonable to write a workflow for MOB even if you don’t have to demonstrate. For example, get visual on MOB; crew to point to MOB; skipper to position boat upwind, beam on to MOB; engines off; Hilo down; secure tender by 15m line and float it off with crew member aboard; make contact with MOB and bring to platform; roll MOB onto platform etc.
YMMV, of course, once you find what works for your boat and crew.
And, I’m terribly sorry but I can’t see a window in my schedule for any floating around in the sea during your trials programme, much as I’d otherwise love to help.
I’m only going on a former conversation some time ago. Let’s see what the horse’s mouth says tomorrow.
And you won't miss it, either.
Not wanting to revive ‘What now, Skip?’ but in any sort of a seaway I wouldn’t want to be beam-on or to have a tethered tender adding to difficulty either.
Probably need at least two strong-ish types to lift an average-sized person in waterlogged clothes from below feet level.
In any sea it would not be sensible to recover using the platform, as there is a strong chance of doing some serious damage with the vertical motion. Apologies for teaching grandmothers but recovering over the side is less likely to be damaging.
Damage to the platform or the casualty?
Anywhere off the platform is not recommended as in any seas it could crash down onto the casualty.