Rescue tenders-one for u navy lads

[Action Man]

just a general queary realy,

on large ships if they have to launch a rescue boat to pick up a MOB or somthing how do they do it when the ship is still moving????

[Matt Riley]

I'm just repeating what I heard, but I thought that they craned the RIB into the water using davits with the engine running, where the cox paces the bigger boat, detaches the lifting harness and then accelerates away. Not fun if you get it wrong!

[Action Man]

ah yes thats the sort of thing i thought they must do, thanks for the info

[Chopppywaters]

i saw a little clip where they had a ramp in the back of the boat and they slid the inflatable down the ramp (wasnt a RIB tho)