Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:
> "number6" :
>
> > Kurt Ullman wrote:
> > > The question, at least to my reading, was more is there a life boat
> > > seat (the big ones that they also use as tenders) for each passenger or
> > > do some of the passengers have to go in the rafts that are in those
> > > round containers I call depth charges? The two kinds combined have to
> > > equal crew and passengers, but how is the relative size divided up?
> >
> > I got this data about the Carnival Legend ...
> >
> > Passengers lower bunks 2124 - Crew - 961 Maximum on board - 3600
> >
> > 12x150 Life boats = 1800 seats
> > 6x150 Life boats enclosed = 900 seats
> > 52x35 inflatable Live rafts = 1820 seats
> > 2 x 6 person = 12 seats
> >
> > pick apart the numbers as you wish ...
>
> Thanks for the numbers, while not as good as I expected I see the life-rafts
> are ready to make up for any slack in the life-boat department. I don't
> follow what your last line refers to but 4520 seats available on a ship
> carrying 3600 peole is not the Titanic in the making.
>
> Earl Colby Pottinger
>
> PS. What does 2 x 6 refer to really?
Some small boats that seated 6 .. and they had 2 of them ... I imagine
they use them for other purposes ... but they count towards life boats
available ...
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