COMPANYNAME SOLAS TRAINING MANUAL PART A – Section 4 Lifeboats
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Note: The sea anchor can be rigged either over the bow or stern of the boat. It is preferable to use it over the bow if the boat can be turned into the weather and sea. When used this way, the steering oar or rudder can also be used to assist in steering the boat into the weather and reduce any tendency to sheer on the sea anchor line.
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The lifeboat is equipped with watertight receptacles containing 3 litres of fresh water for each of the persons that the boat is permitted to accommodate. When rationing use the following rule – no water for the first 24 hours and thereafter ½ litre per person per day. If you expect many days to pass before being rescued the ration of ½ litre can be reduced to ¼ litre.
This means a supply of fresh water for 12 days. For distribution of water you will find a dipper with lanyard and a graduated drinking vessel. It is advisable to distribute the daily ration in such a way that water is given 2 or 3 times daily. Never drink seawater.
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The food ration consists of dry food with not less than 10.000 KJ for each person corresponding to approximately 20 ordinary open sandwiches. It is not much, but enough to prevent you from starving to death. As long as the ration lasts you should not eat anything else. When it is used you have to try your luck as an angler and there is a set of fishing tackles on board. As a rule you can normally eat fish with scales. Eating fish however does not substitute fresh water. On board you will find a jackknife. The food ration is contained in tins or plastic and there are 3 tin openers. The possibilities of getting hurt are many, for instance when abandoning the ship, when in the boat, when operating the engine etc. and that is why a first-aid outfit (medicine chest) is placed onboard.
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