How to Launch a Lifeboat
1. CHECK HARBOUR PINS ARE OUT
2. DISCONNECT BATTERY CHARGING CABLE
3. RELEASE GRIPES
4. CHECK CLEAR TO LOWER
5. LOWER BOAT TO EMBARKATION POSITION
6. BOATS CREW BOARD - PLUGS IN
7. START ENGINE - EMBARK PASSENGERS
8. SLACKEN OFF BOWSING TACKLES
RELEASE OUTBOARD ENDS WHEN SLACK
9. LOWER BOAT TO WATER
10. UNHOOK BOAT FROM FALLS
11. COX'N DRIVES AHEAD
BOWMAN RELEASE PAINTER
I hope that they practise a bit from time to time otherwise I can see that following these instructions in a Force 8 gale with the ship tipping over to port (oh yes, I know these nautical terms, I've been on canals, you know) might be a bit tricky.
"Oy, we've got to slacken off the bowsing tackles next."
"Yerwha'?"
"BOWSING TACKLES! SLACKEN 'EM OFF!"
"Er - - okay. I think."
"And now you've got to release the outboard ends."
"Yerwha'?"
Though, as a matter of fact, since it's a French company and all the crew seemed to be French it would probably be more along the lines of,
"Qu'est-ce que c'est le bowsing tackle?"
"Je ne sais pas. Desole."
Fortunately we had calm seas and were able to study the lifeboat instructions at leisure whilst watching a distant ship sail into a very picturesque sunset.
1 Comments:
I think it's tricky that they keep the artist hostage until the boat is in the water, it's not fair.
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