Straight from the Dispatcher at Cape Disappointment....
Question: Is the jet of water we see in the video from steerable control
jets to gain righting ?....
Answer..." No, The stream you see is the combination of Prop pushing
water away and the normal Discharge Water.
The vessel is controlled by Props and rudder only..
Yes, the 47s are designed to do a complete 360 roll over. But the Mast is a
FLOATATION device and often the vessel rolls to the mast and is returned to
it's upright... "
I asked .. What's it like rolling a 47 foot motorlifeboat ?
The answer... " I don't know..heheheh "
Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Go Play in the Surf (slightly off topic but
not really)
regarding the CG rescue boats...I dont know much about their righting
mechanisms, but in one of the videos from that site, one boat is seen
surfing a wave (literally playing on the waveface) and then it goes over.
A strong jet of water is seen on the starboard side...I assume the jets
are
integral to gaining a righting moment?
tf
often wrong
