Inflatable collar for survival Dinghy

Ray, get back on topic. The topic of this thread is how to ruggedize a tender for emergency use.

How to fit it out, fasten it to the deck and deploy it.

 

ME get back on topic?? You're the one pronouncing the liferaft-is-vital nonsense. I'm doing nothing BUT advocating making the tender ready for lifeboat use.

 

Sabacats ruggedized tender looks good for everyday operation as well as emergency use. Sabacat, Think of a situation like a man overboard at sea on a two crew boat. It may not be possible or too dangerous for the remaining crewmember to physically handle the yacht, maneuver into position then singlehandedly retrieve the man overboard. In such a case Sabacat may choose to deploy his liferaft or survival tender in the hope that the man overboard can grab on, climb in and survive until daylight. The tender must have HANDHOLDS , a boarding ladder arrangement and high visibility colour plus SOLAS TAPE marking so the you can guide the swimmer into the tender with a torch and keep track of it till retrieval.

 

I would suggest that everyone vitally interested in this topic read the following book: http://www.survivethesavagesea.com/Dougal2.htm

I met Dougal soon after he and his family of four had survived their sinking and long time survival. They had one of each, both inflatable and hard dinghy and it is instructive to see what happened to them.

I have no experience in survival at sea in a raft or anything similar and hope to never have any. Years and many thousands of miles on the ocean do not qualify me for expertise on survival. I am convinced that gimmick solutions will be only good for forum discussion and of scant value in the ocean. The best solution is to be on a boat that can itself survive what the ocean throws at it.

 

This problem has been nicely solved look at Gig harbor boats optional float collers. They can be put on and removed in very short order even upside down in water.