Trusted Liferaft Servicing in Western Med?

[homer]

Can anyone recommend any place for liferaft servicing in Sicily, Tunisia, Balearics or Spain? Ideally, I would like to be able to watch it being done as I did last time in the UK.

 

[RobbieW]

Talk to to D'Agata Marine in Malta, they may let you watch. A few of us in both Licata & Ragusa used him last year but just sent the rafts off with him (he has property near Ragusa and used to visit about monthly) - contact at http://www.dagatamarine.com/contact-us/dagata-marine.html

 

[Sea Devil]

MASCYF Prado del Rey s/n 11011 Cádiz (Spain) Tel. +34 956 258 603 Fax. +34 956 289 804
http://www.mascyf.com/
mascyf@mascyf.com

These people are excellent and professional -

What ever you do avoid
Quelart of 06410Biot France.
http://www.quelart.com/
They are one of the only two service agents Avon have in France! They returned my 6 man raft with duct tape round the seal, half the contents missing and without the rubber seal at the rip cord entrance so that rain water could get into the raft.

full story if you want it at:- http://www.michaelbriant.com/avon_life_rafts.htm

Michael

 

[GrahamM376]

Marine Safety Gibraltar - http://www.marinesafetygibraltar.com/services

 

[multihullsailor6]

Manoel Island Yacht Yard Ltd. in Malta have a licensed life raft service department which handles a lot of commercial rafts:
www.yachtyard-malta.com

 

[charles_reed]

Manoel Island Yacht Yard Ltd. in Malta have a licensed life raft service department which handles a lot of commercial rafts:
www.yachtyard-malta.com

I'd 2nd that - not cheap but very thorough and allow you to watch the service.

Even less expensive is in Kavala - €80 for the check and repack, extra for the refills (mine is to SOLAS). Last service cost me €253 and the company is recognied by Beaufort, Viking, Avon and Bfa as well as the Greek Ministry of Shipping.

 

[homer]

Thanks folks for the very useful information.

 

[i_sail]

Can anyone recommend any place for liferaft servicing in Sicily, Tunisia, Balearics or Spain? Ideally, I would like to be able to watch it being done as I did last time in the UK.

http://www.balsamar.com/Balsamar/Ubicacion.html

Highly recommended, used by the charter companies
Near Barcelona

 

[capnsensible]

+1 Marine Safety, Gib.

 

[Jamesuk]

Can anyone recommend any place for liferaft servicing in Sicily, Tunisia, Balearics or Spain? Ideally, I would like to be able to watch it being done as I did last time in the UK.

http://www.oscarsierra.com/ Palma, used them in 2011 if memory serves me correctly they are the Ocean Safety reps. Check with Ocean Safety in the UK
http://www.oceansafety.com/