Please criticise my life raft logic

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And an internet connection to here would be useful

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You have to be joking. These things always happen in the early hours when only SoosyBoosy and T25 are online

Be like Hancocks half hour meets Forest Gump. Fat chance of a rescue - they're up to their meniscus in doggy talk

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Don't just lurk - join in and raise the tome, err tone, tome! Can't do worse than us ...

S x
 
Re: Entirely different matter then!

You forgot to say that it should also be secured with a lock and chain to stop it rattling around and also covered with all the sailbags and packed inflatable.Also need to put the spare diesel cans somewhere.That's ok they can go on top of everything else so I can get to them easily.
 
Re: Entirely different matter then!

yes but what if one changes partners in between services?
you have the rather embarassing conversation whilst water slooshes round ankles as current swmbo refuses to climb aboard liferaft purchased as likeness of previous swmbo hwmbo sheepwmbo
difficult call to coastguard as crew refuses to climb aboard ''her''
ironic references to ''over my dead body'' etc..
 
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umm. A failure rate is a "one in ANY" number, so it is statistically possible (though unlikely) to have two consecutive failures of any two (same design) liferafts.

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Absolutely - all we're doing is putting a number on that possibility. If the probability of failure is 1 in 100 for any one inflation, then the probability of failure for two consecutive inflations is 1 in 10,000. (We're assuming that both inflations are independent events.)

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Compare the Environment Agency 1 in 100yr flood maps. You might have a flood THIS year, and a flood NEXT year. They are both 1 in 100 yr occurences. Which is why people are so surprised when the river comes in the front door so frequently.

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Yes - if you've just had a flood, then the chance of a flood next year is still 1 in 100. But (irrespective of this year) the chance of both the next two years having a flood is 1 in 10,000. Except that I'm not convinced that flooding is a truly random independent event, what with climate change and all.
 
We have a cheapy non-ISAF Seago 4-man valise which cost under £500 new. We have sailed down to the Canaries from Scotland with it and would have been happy to cross the Atlantic with it had our plans not changed.

Why?

Well . . .

a) It is only super-cheap because they didn't have to do the ISAF paperwork on it - the spec looks prety good.

b) Saw (on telly) 5 guys pulled out of one in very good nick after 5+ days at sea, so they work.

c) Have Epirb, satphone and TRON airband transceiver (£28 off Ebay), so don't plan being in it very long

RE. the insulated floor - not necessary if the water temp is above 20degC surely

As for self-righting - probably a good idea,, I think they are all meant to be though. Worth going on a sea survival course to learn how to right one perhaps.

The idea that expensive is aways better is why we are all paying through the nose for anything with a 'marine' label!

- Nick
 
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