This was interesting and informative!

[Mike k]

just witnessed the Liferaft service and I am very glad I did. After the first reassurance that the valise will actually blow apart to release the raft , I learn there is a good chance it will inflate upside down so it was interesting to learn the right way to 'right' the raft which seemed counter intuitive pulling the longest length over your head. Then there was 2 circular metallic objects- with wingnuts, well they were a mystery to us and I just cannot see us reading TFM in a crisis so all was explained that they were clamps for tube repair. The beany hat that for sure would have been worn to keep the rain of yer head was a baling device and to find out how the bellows work and where they connected to the raft would have not been an easy one to fathom. All in all a very useful experience .....well for me anyway .

 

[henryf]

Doing a sea survival course is one of those things which most non commercial skippers wouldn't bother with but it's actually very educational and something which might just save your life and that of others.

Henry

 

[Nick_H]

Someone left an old valise liferaft by the bins on our quay, so I let my son set it off in the car park. Once inflated, it was impossible to get the safety knife out of its pocket, which would be potentially dangerous in an emergency as you couldn't cut the painter to paddle the raft away from a sinking boat.

 

[Phill]

GRRRRRRR.........I left it there whilst I went to get the car!