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This item of emergency equipment hasn't yet been acquired, as I am satisfied with using my dinghy (and a fully stuffed grab-bag) while still in the Caribbean. Zanshin has a liferaft compartment perfectly sized for the Plastimo offshore liferaft but that volume is currently filled with assorted stuff and all of my cleaning compounds/chemicals. As with all emergency equipment, liferafts have a limited life span and require inspections every couple of years in order to certify that they will work when called upon. These inspections need to be carried out by factory-certified personnel, which are few and far between and the inspection is also rather pricey so I am waiting until the last moment before going through the Panama in order to complete Zanshin with this item of a last resort.
The pictures below are from a ISAF offshore class that I was in, we had to deploy and then enter a liferaft (in a heated pool) and despite the benign conditions it was quite difficult to do and I hope never to have to use one in anger!
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