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6 - PSCRB Liferaft
6 - PSCRB Liferaft
6 - PSCRB Liferaft
Life Raft
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Life Raft
Canopy:
shall admit sufficient air for the occupants at all
times, even with the entrances closed.
25 persons type - at least 1 viewing port.
>25 persons type - at least 2 viewing ports.
shall be provided with means of collecting rain
water.
shall have sufficient headroom for seated
occupants under all parts of the canopy.
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Pyrotechnics
Buoyant Smoke Signal x 2pcs
Highly visible colour- not less than 3 min
Rocket Parachute Flare x 4pcs
Burn with bright red colour-not less than 40 sec
30000 cd at a height 300 m
Hand Flare x 6 pcs
Burn with bright red colour-not less than 60 sec
15000 cd
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Additional Equipment
for Inflatable Life Raft
One repair outfit for repairing punctures in
buoyancy compartments
One topping-up pump or bellows
Length of life raft hawser = 9 metres
1. Shackle
Raft
2. Lifting
arrangement/suspension
straps (fitted on davit-
launched life rafts only)
3. Rainwater catchment and
collecting unit.
4. Internal grab line
5. Suspension strap
6. Patch for lifting arrangement
7. Upper buoyancy tube
8. Lower buoyancy tube
9. External grab line
10. Stabilizing pockets
11. Floor in middle
12. Floor at bottom
13. Boarding ladder
Parts of An Inflatable Life
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Manual Launching of a
Life Raft
1. Check that all is clear over the side. Let-go lashings
and take the raft to the ship’s side. Remove a section of
railing if necessary.
2. Secure the end of the painter to a strong point on the
ship’s side.
3. Launch the life raft by throwing it overboard together
with its container.
4. Pull the remainder of the painter out of the floating
container and tug it hard to trigger the gas bottle.
5. The life raft will take about a minute to inflate. A
whistling sound can be heard towards the completion
of inflation, which is actually the relief valve venting
the excess charge.
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Manual Launching of a
Life Raft
6. Board the life raft from a side ladder, a rope or
from the sea.
7. Jettison all sharp objects.
8. Cut the painter once it is ensured that everyone
is accounted for in the life raft.
9. In cold weather inflate the double floor. Leave it
deflated in the tropics to keep the interior cool.
10. Try to remain in the vicinity of other lifeboats
and life rafts.
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Launching
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Float-Free Arrangement
Painter System
Shall provide a connection between the ship
and the life raft and shall be so arranged as to
ensure that the life raft when released and in
the case of an inflatable life raft when
inflated, is not dragged under by the sinking
ship.
Weak link
Breaking under a strain of 2.2 KN, so that the
raft is not dragged under by the sinking ship.
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HRU
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Hydrostatic Release
Unit
the materials used are compatible so as to
prevent malfunction of the unit.
it has drains to prevent the accumulation of
water in the hydrostatic chamber when the unit
is in its normal position.
each part connected to the painter system has a
strength not less than that required by the
painter.
it can readily be removed for replacement or
annual servicing.
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HRU
Automatically release the life raft at a depth
of not more than 4 metres.
Be so constructed as to prevent release when
seas wash over the unit.
Be permanently marked on its exterior with
its type, serial number and date of
manufacture.
If disposable type, to be marked with a
means of determining its date of expiry.
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Righting A Capsized
Life Raft
One person can easily right a capsized raft if it is
done soon enough, before the canopy fills with
water.
Swim to the side marked Right Here.
If there is no marking, go to the side with the
CO2 cylinder.
Manoeuvre the cylinder side of the raft so that it
is downwind, then reach up and grab the
righting strap.
Start by pulling yourself up onto the raft. It may
help to kick your feet out as if swimming.
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