The steps involved in inspecting and servicing a great circle life raft are comprehensive and contained within an approved life raft service manual. Maintenance, maritime safety, inflatable liferafts servicing stations. Servicing and testing of lifesaving appliances, their release and retrieval systems including onload release hooks, guidance on free fall lifeboats and fall preventer devices. Providing top quality products and services to all its. It is your ojt guide to qualification as an auxiliary assistant liferaft.
Nov 04, 2014 in our survey, others also remarked on the reassurance that comes from witnessing your life rafts servicing firsthand. Life raft inspection hercules has been servicing life rafts and inspecting fishing vessels, survival equipment since 1996 23 years of experience. I have been aboard two seriously leaking boats in my long career and while i considered abandoning both, in each case i managed to eventually find the source of the leak and make emergency repairs. Survival specialist life raft manual the just group. Safety on board of merchant ships is one essential issue, to the passengers, the crew, the cargo, the environment and the ship itself. The recertification sticker on the hardshell case expired in 2008. Proper life raft service inspections ensures that your life raft will operate and perform as designed, and restore your confidence in open waters while increasing your rafts life expectancy. We are the world leader in the supply, inspection, testing and maintenance of safety and survival equipment. Inergen with ultrasonic plant systemsfire safetyautomatic fire. The certificate of manufacture of an inflatable liferaft and, where appropriate, the certificate of re inspection, should always be kept with the ships papers for scrutiny by any visiting official and surveyors for inspection. We specialize in life rafts, epirbs, personal locator beacons plbs, survival suits and selected other survival gear.
Viking has a detailed procedure for liferaft servicing to maintain highest quality standards. Life raft inspection, an inside look practical sailor. I have been aboard two seriously leaking boats in my long career and while i considered abandoning both, in each case i managed to eventually find. Life rafts are much easier to launch as compare to life boats and they. The only way to test those two functions is through regular inspection. Psi survival is the marine, aviation and outdoor survival systems sales division of puget sound inflatables. For longterm and longdistance sailors, when and where to service the life raft will eventually become key questions. Mclean civil aerospace medical institute federal aviation administration oklahoma city, ok 73125 december 2014 final report dotfaaam1414 office of aerospace. Learn about these requirements, as well as how to launch the life raft, how to board it, and how best to keep yourself safe until help arrives. Servicing your life raft at the end of the day, no matter what brand you bought, there are two essential functions of the life raft. Liferaft servicing with over 160 years experience to our name, we ensure your equipment receives only the very best care and attention throughout its entire safety lifecycle. The following instructions are for the third party inspection, servicing and. The servicing includes cleaning, inside and outside inspections, repair work and replacements of liferaft equipment if needed. We rent and sell new life rafts for commercial and recreati.
A report of the inspection shall be entered in the logbook. Practical sailor follows an old, eightperson viking life raft through the repacking and certification process. Life raft servicing ocean navigator novemberdecember 2014. Viking liferaft service viking lifesaving equipment as. Sea safety is certified to service both commercial and recreational rafts manufacutered by the following companies. Life raft, flares, aviation and marine safety videos.
Having made significant company acquisitions since 2015, survitec are now one of the world leading safety equipment manufacture for lifeboats covering initial supply, service, inspection, maintenance, testing and rehooking requirements, all in accordance with the. Two boats, two similar stories momo and totem are both outfitted with the same life raft, the winslow sixman superlight offshore plus. Life rafts the international convention for the safety of life at sea solas sets requirements for the procedures, testing, and use of inflatable life rafts. It is another object of the present invention to provide a life raft testing device that is portable and relatively simple to implement. Marine safety services provides service, annual inspections, and recertification for life rafts. Notice to all owners, operators and masters of merchant ships, owners and skippers of fishing vessels, code vessels, yachtsmen, manufacturers and service station personnel. Sea safety handles sales and service of commercial and recreational life rafts. Whether the appropriate servicing interval is one year for a solas raft, or any other raft that is not new or two years for a new raft on a nonsolas ship, the time period for the appropriate servicing interval starts at the time the raft leaves controlled indoor storage as specified in 46 cfr 160. Lifesaving appliances operation and maintenance fundamentals. Annex 3 maintenance requirements of life saving appliances. Dsb, elliot, fujikura, rfd, revere, toyo, seasafe, shanghai youlong, survitec, switlik and viking. Inflatable liferafts, marine evacuation systems, inflatable lifejackets and hydrostatic release units servicing requirements. All test results, repairs and renewals are recorded on.
Dec 22, 2017 lifesaving appliances operation and maintenance fundamentals maritime marine. If an immersion suit is available, put it on over warm clothing. Hru, manual and davit launching life raft launching procedure video. We try to list as much information and sale pricing on our web site for you to reference, but please dont hesitate to call and ask us for more or for our opinion. For over 30 years, we have served as a trusted source for survival equipment at discount prices. Put on as much warm clothing as possible, making sure to cover head, neck, hands and feet. All the information related to inspection and certifications are archived according to regulations. Amendment to inflatable liferaft servicing requirements. It also requires the servicing to be carried out at an approved servicing station which is competent to service them, maintains proper servicing facilities and uses only properly trained personnel. The netherlands has accepted equivalent arrangements for the servicing of inflatable life rafts in accordance with chapter iii regulations 4 and 20. This booklet is one section of your personal on the job training ojt manual. The servicing includes cleaning, inside and outside inspections, repair work and replacements of. Viking liferafts for offshore viking lifesaving equipment. All test results, repairs and renewals are recorded on the service inspection report.
These liferafts are serviced using a combination of annual on board inspection and standard service at 30 months at a certified s30 liferaft servicing station. What are requirements for expiration date of life raft and. This video is of our life raft 5 year deployment test and the annual inspection. Weve seen a lot in that time, and we know how important a life raft is to you.
A life raft is a vessel of last resort, to be deployed only when all efforts to save the mother ship have been exhausted. Container gaskets or seals are replaced and container straps are installed. Service of emergency equipment great circle life rafts. Call our department to arrange your yearly inspection. The liferaft systems australia lsa marine evacuation system, which delivers passengers and crew, dry shod, directly into liferafts, has proven to be the safest and. If an emergency scenario arrives and abandon ship is necessary, the activations of safety rafts becomes a must, so. Life raft, life vest, liferaft, liferafts and aviation marine safety products including winslow marine life rafts, revere survival life raft, viking life rafts. Lrse is dedicated to providing all of our customers with a factory trained and certified staff of marine safety outfitting experts. Every liferaft is serviced according to uscg and manufacturer guidelines using only the highest quality replacement parts and equipment. Equivalent arrangement for extended servicing intervals of new inflatable life rafts. If it is a canister life raft hard case, it should be stored on the cradle of the boat. If you are a human seeing this field, please leave it empty. Inspection of inflatable liferafts can only be done by approved service stations at intervals not exceeding 12 months. Quantity and capacity of lifeboat are so important but is not sufficient, it is.
Joe mckeown, who built his 50foot boat shanachie, a custom coldmolded paul whiting design nz, back in 1981 and has been sailing her across oceans ever since, has always been present at his life raft inspections. If the life raft is to be stowed at a height of more than 18 m above the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition, it shall be of a type which has been satisfactorily droptested. The liferaft shall be so constructed that when it is dropped into the water from a height of 18 m, the life raft and its equipment will operate satisfactorily. The raft had been included as part of a yacht purchase and was of questionable value because of its age. Liferaft service request liferaft inspections and repacks at our state of the art facility are carried out by our professional factory trained and certified technicians. When the life raft was first opened, all looked ok. The test model was a used, sixperson zodiac recreational life raft manufactured in france in 1998.
The life raft 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, inflated is not dragged under by the sinking ship. Feb 10, 1987 it is an object of the present invention to provide a life raft testing device that eliminates the need for a third party witness to the testing procedure. A life raft is the last piece of equipment any boater ever expects to use, with the assumption to likely never to see that boat above water again. A detailed checklist guides all tasks performed by qualified technicians, who will. Sea safety is certified for sale and service of both, commercial and recreational rafts manufacutered by the following companies. Survitec is now the worlds largest maritime safety business, covering a vast range of safety products, services and systems.
The certificate of manufacture of an inflatable liferaft and, where appropriate, the certificate of reinspection, should always be kept with the ships papers for scrutiny by any visiting official and surveyors for inspection. Its not everyday that you get to see your life raft open and have the chance to familiarize yourself with it. Repair of sos marine inflatable life rafts currently in service. Viking liferafts are subjected to rough sea trials and can be deployed at very high wind velocities and extremely low temperatures. Storing a life raft in a shed or garage during the offseason can lead to vermin, insects, and water getting into the sealed casing. Fairtex offer lifeboat and liferaft inspection services according to international marine organization imo standards, setting up recommendation for the inspection of davits, lifeboats and liferafts. Life rafts are considered one of the most important pieces of survival equipment on any boat, and equipped to save your life in the event you have to abandon ship. Inflatables international inc understands that the safety and survival requirements are unique to each customer. Both their crews have been traveling and living aboard with children for years.
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