This was very entertaining. Remember in school, when we all thought it was a chore to watch these kind of videos in class? Now I find them fascinating.
I'd also like to add, when choosing the capacity of your raft I'd add plus 2 or more depending on vessel, crew and passengers: for example you carry 6 people aboard get a raft that holds 8 or 12
@@dannypitalua4620 - *Yes, it does work like that.* SOLAS (who are *not* a company, btw) *don't* pick the raft for you.. you get to choose for yourself. Don't talk about shit you clearly know nothing about.
Definitely , positively and absolutely the last life saving apparatus anyone at sea would want to get into for long term survival. Been there, never ever want to get to that point in an abandon scenario.
The painter is NEVER tied off indirectly to the vessel, it is tied to hydro release with weak link. This will assure the raft will automatically deploy and not be draged to the bottom with the vessel.
There is a gadget called "Quench" that turns seawater into drinking water and there are things like lasers that people have used improperly to bother pilots which is against the law but if you see a helicopter looking for you, a laser goes all the way into the sky. There are also alarms and things like Apple Watches. I watched a video of a pilot who crashed his small plane into the ocean but he had a cell phone and called for help.
I would think multiple alarms and GPS gadgets might be good. They are small but some of them will put out an alarm for 2 hours which could help if something comes nearby after you are weak.
For hypothermia ans wet cloths, take off cloths, hang cloths off canopy to dry. Only take cloths off if you are in a sheltered lifeboat. Leaving cloths on will add to hypothermia
I made it 24hrs in the dingy when my boat burnt up- and sunk 100 miles offshore- then found a radio and hailed a passing cargo ship - they didn't believe me & told me to go piss off... then they arrived in person few hours later while Ikept drifting- believed me this time & took me on board...... totally should be dead --- but here I am!
@@Paul-ou1rx Funny you should ask.... page forward three weeks and said radio was broken (no longer charging) and sitting in the bin when (after about 7 beers) - thought "didn't that have a battery adapter?" - have a dig through the chart table and...a few duracells later threw it in the grab bag - totally forgot about it.
sorry no the rfd is near the old delorean factory but john deloreans house is opposite the rfd up a lane .quite old delorean factory is off the cutts dunmurry /derriaghy.i live near
1:35 Having taken military water survival training, Many of these rafts open and deploy in the upside down position. So Be ready to "right" the raft and learn how to do it correctly
Quite famously, my good friend, the utility of a life raft will increase the further _away_ from the beach you are. Whether that applies in every direction, I'm not sure. But the usefulness of any type of raft on solid land seems rather suspicious to me, at first glance. But I try to keep an open mind. :-)
The best life raft is the boat itself you always hear stories about people who ditch to early they find the yacht and not the crew .I always tell people when i run through safety drills is to step up onto the raft
Pretty wise statement. I have always recalled one of the rules of shipboard damage control, which was "never underestimate the amount of damage your vessel can take, and remain afloat"
I'd be happy to own an outdated one for local fishing. They may no longer meet rescue standards due to age, but I think there would be plenty of recreational life left in them.
@@waseatenbyagrue I've actually been on a couple of boats. The ones on the lake or river were fine because I could see land and swim for safety if I had to but on the ocean??? 😳 I am a whole coward 😂 I can't swim that far and since I'm a chubby granny, I'd make great shark bait. There's something about all of the nothing out in the open ocean that terrifies me. The thought of it just scares me to deatt
Remember the 70ties equipment? When you through the life raft into the water it sank? Wonder if nowadays it's possible to have a life raft expand with closed cell foam instead of air.
make sure you know how to operate a Solar Still, if you go out in the ocean, in case you get stuck and need to be able to produce water. There was a man stuck at sea for 76 days, at first he couldn't figure out how it worked (lucky he had 3 of them), so he tore one open to figure it out. I think the trick was not inflating it all the way.
Fill 500 plastic bottles with 2 gallons of water, (half full). Tie them togather in groups of 10. The air in the bottle keep your boat afloat. The water in each keep you from dying of thirst.
Hahaha! I guess you'd have to store that raft on your T-top and wait for your boat to sink, since you're never going to heave that overboard. 😅 But jokes aside, in many developing countries, rafts made of used plastic bottles is a real thing.
Just to point out that according to LSA code life jackets should not be of the type that requires ANY tying of knots by the wearer. Still there are plenty of them in use on ships.
Actually, they now typically have lithium ion batteries (mine are not D but C I believe), there's a spare set on the boat or in the grab bag. They're used because they don't lose power too quickly,but nonetheless, during the yearly check, they will be replaced if needed.
a plastic window (at sit down eye level) that gives look out possibilities with a drop down curtain option seems a life saver, as no one will be wanting to stick their head out all day.
I have thought of ideas that would help, taking pontoons that hook onto the outside of the boat to keep it afloat, stopping sining, so people can at least stand on deck without it sinking, and what about making a pop up giant round metallic piece to put out aside where they are to reflect a large amount of light causing them to be seen. I have not seen any studies done on what reflective materials can be seen from the air, or what materials reflect light the best,xbut a study needs to be done. Use the best reflective materials to make a giant round flat piece, about the size and look of the top of a trampoline, but the center be of reflective material, and made the item something that can be fixed Ted when not in use, and piece it together in an emergency. Ultimately a water proof radio to call out with is best, too bad that is not in the emergency life raft!!!! That and a water desalinization item to make clean water.
i thought about that too, but the pontoons would have to be excessively large to be effective at keeping the boat afloat. You can always add a waterproof radio to the lifeboat or make a ditch bag that contains the radio and enough supplies to last a week.
In a ship where there are two liferafts and if during emergency the other life raft was broken and only one is left and is not enough anymore for the crew. How should the officer in charge should assess this situation? Who will board the raft? And how about the other guys? Thank you in advance. Hoping for your answer 🙂
Children and women will be saved first. The rest will have to find another solution, like floating and swimming, or using things from the boat to stay afloat.
misterfunnybones "The captain goes down with the ship." maybe when in the navy, but it is a misconception that a captain should go down with hes ship. A captain should be the last person leaving hes ship, when he is a professional and not a amature captain!. like for example in italy with that cruiseship the costa concordia, the captain was one of the first people to leave hes ship, 23 people died the captain was arrested for causing deaths by being reckless, and he was charged with leaving hes ship early, cause he wanted to drive the ship passed a village to show off, it struck a rock at 21:45 he left hes ship at 23:30, whilst the last liferaft left at 03:00. he got sentenced to 16 years prison.. the misconception comes from brave Navy captains that had their sinks sunk and would not leave befor the last of their crew was off/ in safety, and when a ship sinks it 80% of the time sinks fast and thus if your the last one left onboard looking for your crew, you will go down with the ship!. its not and never has been about in essence commiting suicide, either the captain was already dead when the ship sunk, and thus taking him with it, or a captain wanting to make sure all hes crew was safe, and off the boat, and than going under, only in hollywood movies would a captain go down with hes ship for honour (with one exception the japanse).
misterfunnybones as a captain it's not required to go down with your ship but as a husband it's required to myself to take advantage of an opportunity become an independent self-reliance wonderful person I am if I leave and go with the ship goodbye wife you always told me throw our marriage you should learn to take advantage of your opportunities, as usual you're right! I don't need you anymore no more ,no more, no more
But in Hollywood there is something called "profitable time distortion". It is a process whereby a "three hour tour" is turned into an immensely profitable sit-com, which made hundreds of millions of dollars, and actually, (in TV space-time), takes 15 years), or even more in case of syndication.
Indeed there are. Better yet is one that can be operated manually. The smallest ones still produce about 20 liters a day and only weigh little over 1kg. Highly recommended for long offshore trips.
how about: enter your liferaft just with a little step - stay at your boat as long as it swims. jumping into water and climbing on may be difficult the more you're (hopefully) wearing your pfd and wet foul weather gear. a turnedover liferaft may drop on you - give it a fist upwards to create an little airspace to orientate for escape.
If you're talking about the author of Adrift, he survived that long in part was he was alone in an 8-man raft. His survival makes a good argument for having a raft with far more capacity than your passenger number.
The guy who was lost at sea for 70+ days had a spear in his liferaft and he said that jabbing the sharks caused them to go away. I have also seen a study where whale sounds will cause sharks to go away, so maybe have whale sounds on your cell phone.
5:55 "And most importantly sea sickness tablets...Sea sickness is unpleasant, reduces moral, and increases dehydration. EVERYONE on board should take a tablet as a precaution." Isn't that what they told the soldiers on D-Day? That turned out well... we should all take that advice....
I live on a sailboat. He is right. If you have never experienced serious sea sickness, you wouldn’t know. Throwing up bile and running fever bc of dehydration due to sea sickness definitely kills moral.
I’m shopping for homes. TH-cam recommended this video to me based on my budget. Looks spacious.
😂😂😂
Im not the only who thinks its a cool bed/home
Tiny home
LOL
🤣
This was very entertaining. Remember in school, when we all thought it was a chore to watch these kind of videos in class? Now I find them fascinating.
My procrastination knows no bounds
same dude
Now I'm searching for 'no bounds'. ADHD I salute you.
I have work due in 4 hours and I'm watching this instead. What's wrong with me?
I bet you can’t procrastinate more than 24 hours in one day
What’s wrong with us man 😂
I'd also like to add, when choosing the capacity of your raft I'd add plus 2 or more depending on vessel, crew and passengers: for example you carry 6 people aboard get a raft that holds 8 or 12
I doesn’t work like that.its the SOLAS company that chooses the life rafts for the vessel
@@dannypitalua4620 - *Yes, it does work like that.* SOLAS (who are *not* a company, btw) *don't* pick the raft for you.. you get to choose for yourself. Don't talk about shit you clearly know nothing about.
Watching this during lockdown at 3:15 am because you never know what adventures you might dive into when the pandemic is over.
Definitely , positively and absolutely the last life saving apparatus anyone at sea would want to get into for long term survival. Been there, never ever want to get to that point in an abandon scenario.
No doubt meneither
I don't have a boat or plan on having one but the raft in the thumbnail looked cool so i'm watching this now.
I’ve thought these things were cool since I was a kid.
I remember looking at a catalogue for them and really wanting one for camping. 🤣
@@Nevir202 3
The painter is NEVER tied off indirectly to the vessel, it is tied to hydro release with weak link. This will assure the raft will automatically deploy and not be draged to the bottom with the vessel.
excellent point
This is part of my training as a seafarer. We take this training seriously because this will save our live in case of disaster.
There is a gadget called "Quench" that turns seawater into drinking water and there are things like lasers that people have used improperly to bother pilots which is against the law but if you see a helicopter looking for you, a laser goes all the way into the sky. There are also alarms and things like Apple Watches. I watched a video of a pilot who crashed his small plane into the ocean but he had a cell phone and called for help.
I would think multiple alarms and GPS gadgets might be good. They are small but some of them will put out an alarm for 2 hours which could help if something comes nearby after you are weak.
Nowadays, there are solar fabrics, so you could put one on top and have power and there are rechargeable flashlights and things like that.
Why am I watching this???
Johnny K. we dont know but maybe it could save your life one day lmao
Johnny K. why are you stupid
Johnny K. I was just about to comment hat
Johnny K. Iiiii
Ecxactly what I was thinking
For hypothermia ans wet cloths, take off cloths, hang cloths off canopy to dry. Only take cloths off if you are in a sheltered lifeboat. Leaving cloths on will add to hypothermia
me: tonight im going to get a good nights sleep!
me at 3 AM:
Same
Thanks for the video great training!!
I shouldn’t be alive
76 days at sea
Why didn't he use the fishing line?
Lmaoo same finished binge watching all the episodes an this was in the recommended
594 days at sea
@@Oceansta he did
594 days on mars.
I made it 24hrs in the dingy when my boat burnt up- and sunk 100 miles offshore- then found a radio and hailed a passing cargo ship - they didn't believe me & told me to go piss off... then they arrived in person few hours later while Ikept drifting- believed me this time & took me on board...... totally should be dead --- but here I am!
Then you" found a radio"? Was it just floating buy? Or what?
@@Paul-ou1rx
Funny you should ask.... page forward three weeks and said radio was broken (no longer charging) and sitting in the bin when (after about 7 beers) - thought "didn't that have a battery adapter?" - have a dig through the chart table and...a few duracells later threw it in the grab bag -
totally forgot about it.
@@Paul-ou1rx fake
@@rockfordfiles5451 you serious clark?
RFD... company that makes the equipment in the video is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland using the same factory that once built Delorean cars
sorry no the rfd is near the old delorean factory but john deloreans house is opposite the rfd up a lane .quite old delorean factory is off the cutts dunmurry /derriaghy.i live near
Known locally as Rubber F***ing Dinghies! It bought Beaufort Survival Equipment several years ago?
The Titanic was built in Belfast too
1:35 Having taken military water survival training, Many of these rafts open and deploy in the upside down position. So Be ready to "right" the raft and learn how to do it correctly
10:12, avoid putting your fellow liferaft passenger's eye out when throwing the quoit rope to another person in the water.
I'm watching this because "I shouldn't be alive 76 days lost at sea" has made me paranoid even though I never go to the beach.
Quite famously, my good friend, the utility of a life raft will increase the further _away_ from the beach you are.
Whether that applies in every direction, I'm not sure. But the usefulness of any type of raft on solid land seems rather suspicious to me, at first glance. But I try to keep an open mind. :-)
That documentary brought me here
Park me in the middle of a lake. The perfect Covid 19 quarantine device.
The best life raft is the boat itself you always hear stories about people who ditch to early they find the yacht and not the crew .I always tell people when i run through safety drills is to step up onto the raft
Pretty wise statement. I have always recalled one of the rules of shipboard damage control, which was "never underestimate the amount of damage your vessel can take, and remain afloat"
I would say this is a must see for any one going on an ocean boat trip or fishing or a cruise!!!
Cool that they got Jim Jeffries to do the narration!
Lol i was thinking the same thing, but is it him?
I'd be happy to own an outdated one for local fishing. They may no longer meet rescue standards due to age, but I think there would be plenty of recreational life left in them.
Agreed. Put bamboo stabilizers An modify it for fishing !
@@shadowdeslaar Bamboo? How does one use that to stabilize a boat?
I've no intention of being on a boat but this was actually very interesting and well done 👍🏻
Why don't you ever want to be on a boat?
@@waseatenbyagrue I've actually been on a couple of boats. The ones on the lake or river were fine because I could see land and swim for safety if I had to but on the ocean??? 😳 I am a whole coward 😂 I can't swim that far and since I'm a chubby granny, I'd make great shark bait. There's something about all of the nothing out in the open ocean that terrifies me. The thought of it just scares me to deatt
I work for RFD Beaufort also known as Survitec. Where I work we make the 25 and 50 person rafts and individuals
Remember the 70ties equipment? When you through the life raft into the water it sank? Wonder if nowadays it's possible to have a life raft expand with closed cell foam instead of air.
I think I prefer the idea of not sinking over having to use one of these, but always nice to know it's there!
My life was saved because I watched this video. I don’t own a boat nor have ever been in one.
I don't even have a boat why am I even watching this?
Blobfish Gamer lmao!! It's amazing what you will watch at 4 am when you can't sleep lol... Thanks for the laugh...
I do but it is smaller than these vessels
In a rough storm this must feel like being inside a washing machine. Sailors are brave.
make sure you know how to operate a Solar Still, if you go out in the ocean, in case you get stuck and need to be able to produce water. There was a man stuck at sea for 76 days, at first he couldn't figure out how it worked (lucky he had 3 of them), so he tore one open to figure it out. I think the trick was not inflating it all the way.
San Ansa literally here because just watched that video!
@@drdwgmd14 same
Same
There is also a gadget called "Quench" that turns seawater into drinking water. It is good to have a few ways of getting water.
Great information for training..Tks.
Fill 500 plastic bottles with 2 gallons of water, (half full). Tie them togather in groups of 10. The air in the bottle keep your boat afloat. The water in each keep you from dying of thirst.
Yeah, try to do that in an emergency. Guess what time it would take.
Hahaha! I guess you'd have to store that raft on your T-top and wait for your boat to sink, since you're never going to heave that overboard. 😅 But jokes aside, in many developing countries, rafts made of used plastic bottles is a real thing.
i've learnt there's a painter on board - the last person i want to see is a decorator in emergencies
this felt like a video that you watch at school that you are kinda like, "whens this gonna end" but at the same time you are interested
I even never been to beach but I am still watching just in case
Just to point out that according to LSA code life jackets should not be of the type that requires ANY tying of knots by the wearer. Still there are plenty of them in use on ships.
9:55 How scary would it be to get pushed down by the the people already in the raft >
That flashlight had D batteries.
Golly thanks for the great quality survival equipment lmao.
Actually, they now typically have lithium ion batteries (mine are not D but C I believe), there's a spare set on the boat or in the grab bag. They're used because they don't lose power too quickly,but nonetheless, during the yearly check, they will be replaced if needed.
Thx so much for you’re information tips and tricks for surviving in a life raft 👍🛶
a plastic window (at sit down eye level) that gives look out possibilities with a drop down curtain option seems a life saver, as no one will be wanting to stick their head out all day.
great video. thumbs up
While kayaking in ak. Off Ketchikan I would paddle around Cruse shipps sometimes looking above to see lifeboats hanging
5:56 "... and most importantly, sea sickness tabletts"
Yeah, right....
From what I have seen it's very very important
@@Nerfamus Sure, but "most important"?
Thanks allot for this usefull video.
All the best.
Can they withstand shark bites or gail force wind?
i think there should be a satellite telephone in the the life raft
Nice one mate
Should come with sat channel beacon & solar panel
I have thought of ideas that would help, taking pontoons that hook onto the outside of the boat to keep it afloat, stopping sining, so people can at least stand on deck without it sinking, and what about making a pop up giant round metallic piece to put out aside where they are to reflect a large amount of light causing them to be seen. I have not seen any studies done on what reflective materials can be seen from the air, or what materials reflect light the best,xbut a study needs to be done. Use the best reflective materials to make a giant round flat piece, about the size and look of the top of a trampoline, but the center be of reflective material, and made the item something that can be fixed Ted when not in use, and piece it together in an emergency. Ultimately a water proof radio to call out with is best, too bad that is not in the emergency life raft!!!! That and a water desalinization item to make clean water.
i thought about that too, but the pontoons would have to be excessively large to be effective at keeping the boat afloat. You can always add a waterproof radio to the lifeboat or make a ditch bag that contains the radio and enough supplies to last a week.
What is the maximum altitude this can be deployed from? I don't trust the airline seat cushions.
Great informative video. Thank you
Oh so that’s what the man used The Who survived 2 months
i dont own a boat, but we should all know these things. thank you, great post.
This is very good information. However I have one question... If someone dies from his injuries while in the raft, what should we do with the body?
Great video. Thank you.
Lol I got a cruise ship ad for this
In a ship where there are two liferafts and if during emergency the other life raft was broken and only one is left and is not enough anymore for the crew. How should the officer in charge should assess this situation?
Who will board the raft? And how about the other guys?
Thank you in advance.
Hoping for your answer 🙂
Children and women will be saved first. The rest will have to find another solution, like floating and swimming, or using things from the boat to stay afloat.
The captain goes down with the ship.
only if others are onboard. With a small ship like this, you likely wouldn't have anyone else to have to save.
misterfunnybones "The captain goes down with the ship."
maybe when in the navy, but it is a misconception that a captain should go down with hes ship.
A captain should be the last person leaving hes ship, when he is a professional and not a amature captain!.
like for example in italy with that cruiseship the costa concordia, the captain was one of the first people to leave hes ship, 23 people died the captain was arrested for causing deaths by being reckless, and he was charged with leaving hes ship early, cause he wanted to drive the ship passed a village to show off, it struck a rock at 21:45 he left hes ship at 23:30, whilst the last liferaft left at 03:00. he got sentenced to 16 years prison..
the misconception comes from brave Navy captains that had their sinks sunk and would not leave befor the last of their crew was off/ in safety, and when a ship sinks it 80% of the time sinks fast and thus if your the last one left onboard looking for your crew, you will go down with the ship!.
its not and never has been about in essence commiting suicide, either the captain was already dead when the ship sunk, and thus taking him with it, or a captain wanting to make sure all hes crew was safe, and off the boat, and than going under, only in hollywood movies would a captain go down with hes ship for honour (with one exception the japanse).
Easier said than done
S Dew that's very interesting. So that scene in Titanic is complete BS? Good short read, thanks.
misterfunnybones as a captain it's not required to go down with your ship but as a husband it's required to myself to take advantage of an opportunity become an independent self-reliance wonderful person I am if I leave and go with the ship goodbye wife you always told me throw our marriage you should learn to take advantage of your opportunities, as usual you're right!
I don't need you anymore no more ,no more, no more
اختراع رائع ومفيد جدا❤❤❤
The beginning would have been better if he didn't have that cheeky ass smile on his face
After spending 30 mins in one of these I recommend going down with the ship! Never tried the latter but cant be as bad as the raft!
If you go down with the ship you will die, no matter what I would go on anything that could help me live in the sinking of a vessel.
There are two types of people, and the two comments above are representative of each. 🤣
Nevir202 humor died just a little in this thread. 🤷🏽♂️
1:15 it looks great for something else LoL
But they told us this was just a, three hour tour... A three hour tour.
But in Hollywood there is something called "profitable time distortion". It is a process whereby a "three hour tour" is turned into an immensely profitable sit-com, which made hundreds of millions of dollars, and actually, (in TV space-time), takes 15 years), or even more in case of syndication.
Is there a portable desalinating tool invented yet for these life rafts?
yes, just google "solar water maker for liferafts"
Indeed there are. Better yet is one that can be operated manually. The smallest ones still produce about 20 liters a day and only weigh little over 1kg. Highly recommended for long offshore trips.
I was watching a video with a handheld gadget called "Quench" that turns seawater into drinking water.
Great information!!!
I have been daydreaming about living on one of these things at sea surviving.
how about: enter your liferaft just with a little step - stay at your boat as long as it swims. jumping into water and climbing on may be difficult the more you're (hopefully) wearing your pfd and wet foul weather gear. a turnedover liferaft may drop on you - give it a fist upwards to create an little airspace to orientate for escape.
does the life raft come with a life raft for when a fish takes a bite of it?
Great video
Thank you
Why am I looking at this, I don't even have a boat.
mwillblade get a new life raft and enjoy
where is the outboard?
Wow super 👌👌👌 God bless 🙏🙏🙏
good video, thank you so much!
I live in the Midwest. Why am I watching this
Where can i buy it
A guy survived in this for 76 days in the sea
If you're talking about the author of Adrift, he survived that long in part was he was alone in an 8-man raft. His survival makes a good argument for having a raft with far more capacity than your passenger number.
Life raft, aka “crocodile teething ring” 😂
Good day, I would like to share the above link. Is this possible?
I might relax in my local pond with a life raft
Yeah, I can see a family taking the liferaft to the beach and paddling around with the whole family.
Thanks for the advice :)
What is that thing at 5:45 mark?
I live in Arizona. I have no clue how I ended up here.
What about solar stills for getting clean water?
Yeah, plus there are starting to be portable gadgets for turning seawater into fresh water. I saw one today called "Quench"
How manny bedrooms?
wouter nikkels 1 with open plan living
No bathroom. I'll pass
How do those inflatable water tents stack up against a 25’ great white shark or a giant squid attack?
👀
I don’t think they do
The guy who was lost at sea for 70+ days had a spear in his liferaft and he said that jabbing the sharks caused them to go away. I have also seen a study where whale sounds will cause sharks to go away, so maybe have whale sounds on your cell phone.
nice to have this poolside splash, but get out n the stormy sea so exercise this
Thank you
You should add a snorkel and mask as well as a collapsible fishing ride to your life raft.
Ten film jest fajny,
It does feel like this.
How many pounds can it take?
Thank you sir have knowledge
5:55 "And most importantly sea sickness tablets...Sea sickness is unpleasant, reduces moral, and increases dehydration. EVERYONE on board should take a tablet as a precaution." Isn't that what they told the soldiers on D-Day? That turned out well... we should all take that advice....
I live on a sailboat. He is right. If you have never experienced serious sea sickness, you wouldn’t know. Throwing up bile and running fever bc of dehydration due to sea sickness definitely kills moral.
@@sanelatutaris15 is it too late to take a sea sickness pill if you are already sick? Or is it necessary to do it in advance?
The only thing missing that would make this situation perfect is a great white shark.
The raft actually looks quite cosy ngl
Why they don't make a good ladder to climb???
It Would Increase Weight, Sinking the Raft
They wouldn't be able to pull the ladder
I think some models have a rope ladder
why the heck am I watching this? I don't think I'm going on a boat in the next decade at least, so why?
TheArkMecha so during the next decade you live.
Lol I replied s year after you commented
But where is the life raft stored in the life raft ?