Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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passed inside the fall and outside everything else, and secured well forward).
The two men should then clear the boat.
2. The coxswain should order the harbour pins removed if these have not
already cleared.
3. The gripes should be slipped and any trigger arrangement checked to see
that it is clear, the gripes being cleared away from the davits.
4. A winchman must be stood by, to lower the boat down to the embarkation
deck.
5. Check that the overside is clear, then lower away by lifting the “brake
handle”.
The boat should be allowed to descend from the davit until the tricing pendants
take the boat’s weight and draw the boat into the ship’s side.
6. Two men should enter the boat at the embarkation deck and pass the
bowsing-in tackles. These two tackles should be rigged in such a manner as to
have the downhaul secured in the boat, by a round turn and two half hitches, on
the bight, around the linkage at the end of the falls.
7. The coxswain should order the tricing pendants to be slipped when he is
satisfied that the bowsing-in tackles are secured and the men in the boat are
holding lifelines.
8. All passengers and remaining crew members should embark and seat
themselves in the boat, as low as possible.
9. Ease out the bowsing-in tackles and allow the boat to move off the ship’s
side, to hang vertically from the davit heads.
10. Final check overside, and order the winchman to lower away with a run.
If practicable the boat should be released from the falls when on the crest
of a wave. As the wave drops away from the ship’s side so it takes the boat clear
and into the trough.
During the preparation and launching operation, the survival craft, the
launching appliance and the water area to which the craft is being launched shall
be adequately illuminated by lighting supplied from the emergency source of
electrical power. Preparation and handling of survival craft at one launch station
shall not interfere with the handling of any other survival craft or rescue boat.
6.1.2 Launching the inflatable liferaft
The web straps securing the raft in tis stowage cradle should be released by
slipping the manually operated senhouse slip positioned above the float-free
arrangement. The liferaft container should then be manhandled to the launching
position at the ship’s side. If ship’s guard rails are in position, these should be
removed to facilitate an easier launching.
The painter line from the liferaft should be secured to a strong point aboard
the vessel. Where a hydrostatic release unit is featured, the painter and the “D”
ring should be inspected to ensure that they are well fast.
Pull out a limited amount of the painter line from the container, and check
that water surface is clear of other survivors or debrits. Throw the liferaft in its
container, over the side into clear water.