Talk:Lifeboat (rescue)/Archive 1

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what factor determines the capacity of a life boat in terms of crew been recue or even fire drills.208.131.187.83 21:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)Adrian

I think the SOLAS and LSA require set amount of square footage of floor area per person to determine the capicity. I also think it is not much. I remember a book about a solo- cross Atlantic sailor have his sailboat sink and he finished voyage in his liferaft, maybe rated for 7 people- and he complained about lack of space. Wfoj2 22:24, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Article needs Work
Lifeboat and Liferaft searched return the same page. Section on Modern Lifeboard is actually what might be referred to as a Surfboat in the United States. Also the US Coast Guard Motor Lifeboats referred to here are designed to be self-righting, will roll through 360 degrees and not capsized (or turn turtle (inverted))

I Dislike Modern Live boats section, but I did not modify- need s distunction from Surfboard added, factor that what is described here is what is shore based intended to go from shore to rescue crew from sinking or grounded vessel.

Wfoj2 22:48, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

This article is confusing
I believe that a reader who is unfamiliar with the subject has several options on how to interpet many of the passages in this article. This is a good example of two different subjects with the same name, and they would be good candidates for disambiguation. I will endeavor to begin this process. JERRY talk contribs 22:49, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was no move. This is a matter of national varieties of English--Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 15:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

IMO, lifeboat has one primary meaning, currently at Lifeboat (shipboard), which should be moved here. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support per RMS Titanic's lack of sufficient lifeboats, and the connotations resulting from its famous sinking, this is primary usage. 70.55.84.225 (talk) 05:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Llamasharmafarmerdrama (talk) 19:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose In the UK by far the best known meaning of lifeboat is lifeboat (rescue) just about any pub anywhere near the coast has a collection tin shaped like a RNLC boat. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 15:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)