Ships – Life craft handling device – apparatus – or implement – Davit
Patent
1984-06-18
1986-05-06
Barefoot, Galen L.
Ships
Life craft handling device, apparatus, or implement
Davit
114369, 114379, B63B 2302
Patent
active
045864535
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for launching a lifeboat, rescue craft or like small craft from a marine platform or other vessel in a bows-out heading comprises a boom mounted on the vessel that deploys outwardly as the boat is lowered and that carries a bow line releasably attached to the boat. The boom and bow-line are arranged so that the bow-line holds the boat in a bows-out heading after the boat has been lowered and on release of the fall or falls accelerates the boat away from the vessel.
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Pope Simon P. K.
Wilks Thomas M.
Avila Stephen P.
Barefoot Galen L.
Watercraft Limited
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