Self Righting & Sea Survival

[Gludy]

Given how diffiuclt it is to even get into a liferaft and all the problems associated with doing that in real sea cinsitions I am surprised as to how few people purchase self righting liferafts.

There seems to be an excellent chance of a liferaft inflating upside down .... so if you are ever going to need one, surely it makes sense to ensure it inflates the right way up.

Here is my survey:-

 

[MiniSkipper]

i dont really know, ill ask daddy when he gets home hehe!

 

[Its_Only_Money]

Didn´t realise there was such a thing as a self-righter (boat too small and not appropriate for me to look at any raft)! Learn something every day!

How do they work???

 

[Frontier]

I didint think I would need one inshore, and I read in one of the magazines that you can hire them, saving on the maintenance etc. So I thought I would do that when I get brave enough to go offshore. Guess I would hire a selfrighting one if I could find one.

Thanks for posting this, I would not have know to look for one.

 

[jointventureII]

I guess the times when you're going to need a liferaft are going to be when it's rough, as that's more than likely the reason for abandoning ship in the first place. Might make sense to buy a self-righter - if the liferaft capsizes then its lights out if it aint going to turn back over.

 

[Swampyhotdog]

Some helicopter liferafts work either way up. When you deploy them, you pull the canopy and inflated support over the top. Why aren't they all made like that?

Stu

 

[Gludy]

Re: Self Righting & Sea Survival

Lots of liferafts are little more than toys.

For example try climbing up a little rope ladderer out of the sea - the ladder goes horizontal and its imposssible to get in.