Out of cert liferaft usefulness

[penberth3]

We needed to change our very out of date raft, the service engineers couldn't service it due to its age and it was an 8 man raft too heavy for just the 2 of us, no was my wife could have launched it!....

Apart from the weight, a lot of the trainers tell you an 8-man raft with only two in might be flipped by the wind.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Apart from the weight, a lot of the trainers tell you an 8-man raft with only two in might be flipped by the wind.

Yes; we were told that it's safer to overload a liferaft than underload it, because of the potential for it being flipped. Apparently they're designed with 100% spare load carrying capacity.

 

[penberth3]

Yes; we were told that it's safer to overload a liferaft than underload it, because of the potential for it being flipped. Apparently they're designed with 100% spare load carrying capacity.

Oh good, I've remembered something!