Improvements in launching apparatus for boats.

摘要

Apparatus for launching a lifeboat, rescue craft or like small craft (12) from a marine platform (10) or other vessel in a bows-out heading comprises a boom (30) mounted on the vessel (10), that deploys outwardly as the boat (12) is lowered and that carries a bow line (22) releasably attached to the boat (12). The boom (30) and bow-line (22) are arranged so that the bow-line (22) holds the boat (12) in a bows-out heading after the boat (12) has been lowered and on release of the fall or falls (16) accelerates the boat (12) away from the vessel (10).