The sun., 1912-08-10
LYFERO.ATs.
The Form Of Davit Hest Suited for swing
Ing Them Overheard.

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To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sn: Tho
admirable letter in THE SUNDAY SITS OF
: August ( bt Mr.; John iTyslop on "Why Life.
boats Fail when Most Needed" is mos,
| timely. wish to comment. however
on the statement that the common usage
of getting the boat safely into the water
Is in general little better than IL was fifty
| years ago" This am not quite willing tC
admit. as there have been practical i'm.
provements made during that period but
] am quite willing to admit that these ha We
! not'been fitted or employed az much as they
should have been.
1ifeboats may not be better built to-day y
than they we're some years ago. but GER
tainly the means of getting them overheard
| have been vastly improved. Davits are
now on the market which will launch a
boat under conditions which the old and
familiar round bar type could not handle.
II will bc admitted that to perform any
set of operations such as are necessary To
swing a lifcbOat over tho side of a ship
even in smooth water. with the ship on an
even keel, takes intelligence and drill.
Under the stress of excitement oper-
ations which have to be performed In Sc
! Puence are quite likely not to be so carried
out. II is therefore advisable to have any
| mechanical appliance that has 20 perform
so important function ~ swinging loaded
! lifeboat overhonrd NJ ,ha vary simn,cs,
| type. and nil the opcrs,ion should be nor.
| formed by one or two mon IA handling
the round bar type Of davjt the boat has
to he swung out first at one end and then
| at the other and the davit has to he guyed
| so that the rolling of the ship will not swing
the boa, back or smash IL against the davit
| This Is always difficult TO do, recurring
skill and s,ucc and owing IN ,be a ed over
hang if tho hon, ia m tho biyh side oe tbe
| shin and tho list il cons,derab b,e or tbe
weather ia rough hoat cannot Il. launched
at nil
| Truc p,.cb,,ic.l ,pa,,s b,x. h.a, ,ro.
| vidcd for swiny;ny mud bo,d;n, In no.;.
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