Freefall Lifeboats – Is there a safer way?

By tim On January 27, 2010

Eide Marine Tech brings us a new Freefall lifeboat design. In a press release they write:

The lifeboat has a new superstructure design in order to get the water off the superstructure faster than earlier designed freefall lifeboats. And together with the bow, which EMT has used for several years, this will make the entry to the water quite soft.

The lifeboat was designed for use with their innovative freefall davit design. Rather than attempting to describbe the system, here is a drawing that should make the system’s advantages over a traditional free fall system obvious.

If you have any experience with these davits please post a comment with your thoughts.

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tim

During the winter months Tim is Editor In Chief of Unofficial Networks, a blog network for skiers and snowboarders worldwide. Tim lives in Squaw Valley, CA and, in the summer months, spends his time in Argentina where he skis the Andes Mountains.