What to do with old liferaft?

[AndrewB]

My canister-type ocean liferaft is now 15 years old and when it was serviced in the spring, I was told that would probably be its last year. So I'm going to buy another.

Is there anything I might do with the old one, other than take it to the tip?

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[ccscott49]

Might be some use to your local yacht club as an inwater liferaft training aid? Or Sea scouts? or similar, somewhere they do liferaft training anyway!


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[benjenbav]

It would be nice to think that some establishment could make use of it for training purposes in a controlled indoor pool environment.

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[tcm]

well, unless you can get a training company to use it, is it utterly illegal to let it off at the end of a pontoon? At least then you could take piccies of it to show crew what it's actually actually like, and you could have a nice sit inside eating erm, 15-year old chocolate. All participants must then help drag it down the skip...

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[StephenSails]

Give to some children as a padling pool next summer

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[snowleopard]

hire it out as a bouncy castle to pay for the next one /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[StugeronSteve]

As kids we had an old RAF? raft as a paddling pool, must have been about 15' in diameter. From what I remember, Dad only blew it up once!

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[tcm]

offer it cheap to the local chandlery as an inflatable advertising gimmick outside their shop, possibly.

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[StugeronSteve]

Cover it in cotton wool and polystyrene granules, and set it up outside Sainsbury's as Santa's Grotto. You might make a few bob.

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[tcm]

Lots of jolly fun to be had by inflating it, towing out to a nice anchorage, on a calm day, and then having a nice party on the liferaft. Lots of other people will join the fun by "saving" you, and inviting you on board for drinks when they realise that not too many liferaft survivors would hang out at Alum bay. Towing a liferaft in would also guarante you an excellent berth anywhere, anytime, altho it wd proably be best to have a "survivor" on board the liferaft wearing sponsored racing t-shirt whom you can magically and brutally resuscitate with whisky when safely moored up. "Pull yourself together you wimp!"

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[Sybarite]

Write "Titanic" on it and abandon it on a beach....


John

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[ccscott49]

Now that was excellent, LOL!!!!!

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[StugeronSteve]

Or, even better.....

Write TITANIC on it and stick it on Ebay....

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[Brian_B]

Find a scenic country lane and dump it in the hedgerow, along with the fridge and sofa I got rid of last weekend!

They create homes for wildlife and compost down after a few hundred years.
You know it makes sense!

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[StephenSails]

Go camping with it, the all new inflatable tent!!

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[jimi]

Launch it in the Serpentine at midnight. Stay aboard and talk in a funny made up language to anyone who approaches. You should be able to sell your story for oodles to the Sun as the alien who had to ditch out of a UFO over London.

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[ROSSCO]

I have a 6 Man Valise Type Ocean Safety Offshore Life Raft
Manufactured 2003, 3 year service interval, 12 year Guarantee, Next service due May 2006 for sale if you are interested.


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[Sgeir]

Stephen - great suggestion - take the family camping, and go for short sails in a tent. Briliant. Over to you Vango.

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[AIDY]

Mobile roundabout !

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<font color=blue> Regards Andy </font color=blue>

 

[mpprh]

Hi

There may may be a market.

I've heard of RTW sailors who take a spare liferaft (one in service, one out) just in case.

Peter


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