This Is Only A Test – Freefall Lifeboat Design and Testing

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Aboard ship one always hopes they never need to take a sleigh ride into an unfriendly sea but ship happens. When it does you’re going to be very pleased the guys at Petrofac and SurvivalTech are running boats through extensive tests. The following is video of their facility and a few design drawings from lifeboat engineers.

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Freefall Lifeboat Launch

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5 Responses to This Is Only A Test – Freefall Lifeboat Design and Testing

  1. avatar Bookmarks about Testing says:
    January 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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  3. avatar HowardT says:
    April 13, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    I read the design specs for lifeboats. Why don’t they have desalinators? 3 liters barely gets me through the day. Of course, that’s usually diet coke.

  4. avatar HowardT says:
    April 14, 2009 at 12:24 am

    I read the design specs for lifeboats. Why don’t they have desalinators? 3 liters barely gets me through the day. Of course, that’s usually diet coke.

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