Launching Of A Free-Fall Lifeboat

By gCaptain Staff On December 30, 2007

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Here’s the arial view;

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Finally, here’s how they test these boats:

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For more info on the history behind these types of lifeboats visit NOVA’s “Pioneers of Survival – An Interview with Martin Verhoef“.

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