Just curious - enough lifeboats?

[TravelerThom]

Here is a photo, missed getting the entire line but it might help...

That is definitely what I call the rescue launch (RCI may have a more technical name) used for "person overboard" (along with I'm sure other duties). I have never seen that drill with the what looks like an inflatable hose. Not sure if that is involved in life saving, or if this is "other duties".

[Desert Cruizers]

They did this 2 or 3 times during our NZ cruise & Transpacific. They did launch the rescue boat near the end of our Hawaii back to Vancouver to check out a spotted overturned boat about 18 ' long. This was 4 days out of Vancouver and they took the number of the small craft and reported.

Edited June 20, 2014 by Desert Cruizers

[CRUISEFAN0001]

Here is a photo, missed getting the entire line but it might help.

 

Yeah...we saw them use the same basic boat to grab a chunk of ice near a glacier on Radiance of the Seas last month for creating a new onboard Ice Sculpture.

[Arizona Cruz Chic]

That is definitely what I call the rescue launch (RCI may have a more technical name) used for "person overboard" (along with I'm sure other duties). I have never seen that drill with the what looks like an inflatable hose. Not sure if that is involved in life saving, or if this is "other duties".

 

 

I agree, this is used for a quick rescue.

 

Always glad to see safety training!!! SOLAS....Safety of Life At Sea.

 

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[Desert Cruizers]

Cruisefan0001 we may never know what had happened to the overturned boat off our Hawaii cruise this past May, the rescue boat spent 30 minutes or better checking it out to make sure there was nobody underneath. Our Capt even commented that it could still be part of the debris from the Japan tsunnami which is still being found in the area we were in. However this boat didn't appear to be that old thru binnoculars.

[lv2bcruzin]

We are sailing on the Allure next month and this has aggravated me, so I have to ask. Are there other lifeboats on the ship that you can't see or just the ones visible? It does not seem that the small amount of ones you can see will hold close to 6200 people.

Nope. And plan on your ship hitting an iceberg and sinking. I wouldn't go if I were you. :rolleyes:

[hunt182644]

Just remember if you end up in a life raft right handed people row on the right side, left handed on the left side.:D;)

[Folk Singer]

Just remember if you end up in a life raft right handed people row on the right side, left handed on the left side.:D;)

 

You forgot the ones in the middle have to do scissors kicks in the water at the back of the raft. ;) ;)

Edited June 21, 2014 by Folk Singer

[JimAOk1945]

Every cruise we have been on had life jackets in the closets.

 

We have been told at the muster drills that extra life jackets are stored near the life boats at each muster station.

[uksimonusa]

We are sailing on the Allure next month and this has aggravated me, so I have to ask. Are there other lifeboats on the ship that you can't see or just the ones visible? It does not seem that the small amount of ones you can see will hold close to 6200 people.

 

18 lifeboats at 370 people per boat = 6660 lifeboat spaces.

[Magnetchief]

Nice Avitar. Go Noles !

 

 

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[uksimonusa]

Nice Avitar. Go Noles !

 

 

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Thanks, prefer that one to the new one....Yes GO NOLES!

[CRUISEFAN0001]

18 lifeboats at 370 people per boat = 6660 lifeboat spaces.

....and that's not counting inflatables that are also in storage in case of emergency...for crew, spare seats, etc.

[shipshape sam]

When do you reserve anytime dining? Once on the lifeboat?

Edited July 19, 2014 by shipshape sam