Why dont they leave the boat in the water so they can make a quick get away. Seems like the RNLI provide really top quality boats but seem to have really slow methods of getting the boats in and out of the water. This is no critisism of the fantastic work the volunteers do. I am pretty sure they get fed up with ghow long it takes to get a boat out.
Have you seen what happens to boats that are left in the water? The hulls foul with weed and everything above the waterline is subject to sun damage/rain etc. Most lifeboats can launch very quickly.
Maintenance and reliability mostly. Where they launch from is often not suitable for an afloat mooring. The larger boats are kept afloat, but that limits where they can be deployed from.
2:30 mins to get crew and boat out very safe is quick Start using a crane/ Derrick you go into the health and safety red tape, meaning before the boat could be lifted the crew ( and maybe injured party ) would have to vacate the boat in the water with waves meaning more resources so you got cost of crane plus cost of driver etc then the lifting mechanism needs to be attached to the boat and secured then lifted and dropped on to a trailer then secured again. would be far more people and resource than 1 hero in a tractor And not that I know but I’m confident the launch is half the time of retrieval And what’s resources when life’s are at risk, also the brave men and women of the rnli give there time and risk there life’s voluntarily
Another armchair know it all. The RNLI has been about for 197 years, have launched boats thousands upon thousands of times, do you not think they know what they are doing!! and just think if you was going to use a crane to launch a boat, what would happen in storms and high winds, when cranes can not operate???
The tide goes out leaving just sand, therefore a crane/derrick would not work here. They need a launch vehicle with trailer to drive the boat to where the water is.
You might find that they're holding back a little whilst they're obtaing further information about the tasking over the radio i.e., location, description, etc.
Yes Joel, small grills on the main doors to allow water flow at very high tides and inside is also on a slope to keep most of the area dry. Storm surges last winter were interesting in Looe.
