Also disclosed are methods of packaging a liferaft in the packaging of the invention and a liferaft adapted to be so packaged.

The emergency pack (29) is connected to the liferaft so that, upon inflation of the liferaft (24), the emergency pack (29) is automatically drawn into the liferaft (24).

When the raft 1 is to be deployed, the lid 15 of the enclosure 11 is opened, and the raft removed from the enclosure, the pressurized air causing the raft 1 to inflate, or expand, to its normal operating condition.

a survivor locator light in each life-raft

The life raft is of the kind, which is packed in a container and which is blown up of a gas, which is compressed in a tank and packed together with the life raft.

Knowledge of functions of the ship's boat.

ship's boat’: a boat for use in transport, rescue, salvage and work duties;

Ability to launch and recover a ship's boat and instruct crew members and shipboard personnel on the use of a ship's boat.

provision for safe embarkation and disembarkation of the craft (e.g. gangplank, ship's boat)

provision of safe embarkation and of disembarkation the craft (e.g. gangplank, ship's boat)

Moreover the encapsulated life boat is adapted for use as a free falling lifeboat.

to launch a rescue boat

The unit includes an encasement configured to accommodate a lifeboat and means for launching a lifeboat out underneath the encasement.

A lifeboat deployment unit (1) configured for launch and retrieval of a lifeboat (100) is disclosed.

The boat (14) is normally stored in the dock.

In Malta, the only survivor of a small boat tells the hell on board

My boat was a very small boat, nothing more than a raft, really.

In Malta, the only survivor of a small boat tells the hell on board

In Malta, the only survivor of a small boat tells the hell on board

In Malta, the only survivor of a small boat tells the hell on board