![]() Walker says that RCI's press release shows women and children using the evacuation chutes, but does not bother to explain that this is a stock drawing from the manufacturer, who provides this equipment not only for cruise ships, but these are commonly used on large ferries around the world, where lifeboats are not even required, just rafts, and this method has been shown to be a better and faster way to evacuate by raft than older methods. Walker places himself as an "expert" in marine evacuations, over those whose job it is to design equipment for these (both the manufacturers of the equipment, and the safety experts from around the world, that have approved the equipment used on cruise ships through the IMO. ![]() Just note that some of the older Princess ships use the MES (Marine Evacuation System, or chute and rafts) for passengers above the double occupancy figure, so singling out the larger ships is not justified. But, the 150 person capacity of each boat provided 1764 passenger seats in the boats, which is the ship's maximum capacity. ![]() So, with 12 lifeboats, only 36 crew would be in those boats. Even on a smaller ship like the Norwegian Sky (1900 pax double occupancy), the only crew assigned to lifeboats were the three crew members who formed the boat's crew. Long before the Oasis of the Seas, not all souls onboard a cruise ship were allocated to a lifeboat. Most things published on Walker's site are slanted to make his viewpoint of casting the cruise lines as villians, since he makes his living suing them. Okay, I'm inclined to think choosing smaller ships might be a wise idea. Okay, I found information - true? Hard to know - on those secondary lifeboats. and also some other things that look to be a different, inferior type of lifeboat. And walking on the ship, I've seen the big "covered" lifeboats like we're discussing. I mean, as you said, it doesn't include the crew. I don't doubt your counting, but this just doesn't seem possible. I just might stay on board with the captain as the band plays "Nearer my God to Thee" □ I wasn't expecting a choice of wines & entrees, but as well as barfing there's the small matter of other bodily functions - and not a john in sight. So I kinda wish I hadn't seen that video (though thanks to the cap'n for linking it). We prefer smaller ships but our up-coming cruise is on MSC Seaside, almost twice as big as anything we've sailed to date - can't resist a bargain □. I've counted lifeboats from photos, I've tried to quote max number of passengers, I've not taken into account the number of crew or the number / size of inflatable life-rafts, and of course bigger ships have bigger lifeboats.īut its pretty clear that big ships have much more-crowded lifeboats. RCI Vision of the Seas max 2514 pax., 18 lifeboats RCI Oass of the Seas max 6699 pax., 18 lifeboats And b) in most (but I’m sure not all) emergency situations on cruise ships there has been a fair amount of time to save everyone, unless there were bad choices made, a la Concordia. Staying on the ship is usually the safest and preferred option, until it is not. Tell me that it wouldn't come to that in case of a real emergency at sea.įor the three tier lifeboat, I was (selfishly) largely worried about someone barfing on me from two tiers up! I know the amount of space in any lifeboat is very limited, and I am going to be very cosy with my neighbours if I have to get in one.įor the emergency situation, I comfort myself thinking a) getting into a lifeboat is an absolute last resort. It's time for me to get my healthy, mobile self out of here.' " They also told the staff, "At some point it may become necessary for you to say, 'Things are getting bad here, and I cannot save anyone else. With the elevators a no-no, they practiced rolling (non-mobile) people in blankets like burritos and thump-thumping them down the stairwells. To share something uncomfortable: When my daughter was in nursing school she was involved in a big drill about how to get patients/necessary equipment out of the hospital in case of a fire. We're never going to wander the seas for weeks in one of those lifeboats hoping for a fishing vessel to pick us up.Īgree that not everyone would be able to get into/out of that lifeboat easily. Remember, too, we live in a very modern world: before that lifeboat hits the water, all sorts of emergency personnel know what's going on, and they're already coming for you - and the boats are outfitted with find-me devices. I'm actually glad I learned about the three-tier seating because I deal better with things when I know what's coming. but I don't think the proportion of passengers to lifeboats would be any different on different sized ships. Eh, I am not good in tight, enclosed spaces, so I know where you're coming from.
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