Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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Fig. 6.11 Lowering and taking away
6.2.2 Taking away a boat ( parent vessel underway and making way)
In many cases this method can prove easier than the method used where
the vessel is stopped in the water. The parent vessel provides the motive power,
which should be under 4 knots.
On reaching the surface the lifeboats falls should be released.
Once these are seen to clear the full weight of the boat will be seen to be on
the painter secured in the fore part.
The coxswain should push the tiller towards the ship’s side. This action will
effectively cause the boat to sheer away from the parent vessel to a maximum
point of sheer.
The coxswain should then move the tiller across to the opposite position,
changing the aspect of the boat’s bow, and so relieving the weight on the painter.
As the weight is seen to be eased on the painter, the bowman activates the
release, so casting the boat clear of the parent vessel. The coxswain can now
control the boat in clear sea room.