Mirelle
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We are loading two more RNLI lifeboats, at Felixstowe, tomorrow - that will make six exported to China so far.
Non-AWBs exported to China from UK...
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Signed Out
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Most of China's population is along the coast, so 6 lifeboats for 1 billion people- what a shockingly poor safety rate!!!
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Phoenix of Hamble
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Or has been presented in another thread, with just 600 privately owned yachts in China, thats one lifeboat per 100 boats...... what a great safety rate!
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Come to think of it, after 4 years living in HK, 3 of those working on a MOBO, and 2 working offshore China, I don't recall ever seeing a lifeboat. But I think there's a darn sight more than 600 privately owned boats there, probably almost that in Aberdeen Harbour alone. HK being China. And Macau.
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but in the old days -- the HK Police boats did the saving ??
And the "fishing" illegals out of the harbour.
And the "fishing" illegals out of the harbour.
Signed Out
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Using some very interesting boats claimed from the old pirates...
duncan
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jeepers - wouldn't want to be in those with the throttles pushed to the stops!
hull design speeds........?
transom integrity........?
hull design speeds........?
transom integrity........?
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I know - The Malay ones were similar - usually crewed by local Military - so they reckon - I used to sail through Malacca during the height of the Pirate seasons ... one of our ships was actually stopped and raided .... Master was tied to chair, beaten etc.
The boats are fast !!
The boats are fast !!
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Corner? What's one of those. Apparently the police would catch them by shooting out the fuel lines either from another fast boat- often a captured Dai Fei (one of these), or a copter.
arthur1808
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When I was there we used a LOT of white para flares, for 'illumination'.
It's amazing how often, in the heat of the chase, those white flares went off almost horizontally and chased the pirates across the water!
BTW, those 5 250Hp engines would drive the boat loaded with a Toyota Landcruiser at 60 + knots - quite a sight with no lights, middle of night, coming straight at you out of the dark...
eh, them were the days...
It's amazing how often, in the heat of the chase, those white flares went off almost horizontally and chased the pirates across the water!
BTW, those 5 250Hp engines would drive the boat loaded with a Toyota Landcruiser at 60 + knots - quite a sight with no lights, middle of night, coming straight at you out of the dark...
eh, them were the days...
Twister_Ken
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5 x 250 outboards. Unless they had an umbilical to a tanker, their range must have been somewhat limited!
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Corner ?????????????????? .... got me there ??????????
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Corner- meant there aint much hope of them doing one, no reference to another post. Just me going off at a tangent.
All they had to do was get from HK Island to Ling Ding Dao (kind of colloq version of the name of a little island just inside Chinese waters, well known for it's nefarious activities).
All they had to do was get from HK Island to Ling Ding Dao (kind of colloq version of the name of a little island just inside Chinese waters, well known for it's nefarious activities).
steve_cronin
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These are stood down craft I suppose?
Steve Cronin
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Mirelle
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Yes, but commissioned, and in excellent order, with spares, since they being sold for further use as lifeboats.