What is this crazy sub-look-a-like ?
 

So, I was getting some stuff ordered at a factory and they had this ungodly thing in the parking lot, any ideas ?

http://i.imgur.com/8TxAZIS.jpg

Lifeboat

That simple eh ? And here I was hoping it's someones crazy idea of a sub-raft. However, the real question is - is it beautiful ?

Its the most beautiful thing in the world, if you need one.

Unless you're a Somali pirate (other nationalities are available) and you've got Tom Hanks on board. :arrgh!:

Never get onboard a vehicle if Tom Hanks is already onboard. Lifeboat, LCVP, cargo ship, Apollo spacecraft, Airbus A300...you will regret it either way.

Actually not to much different from the semi-submersible units that drug cartels use.Only real difference is that this life boat is designed with rough seas in mind more so than semi-submerged operation.

You left out steamer trunks. Luggage: the liferaft of the future. :sunny:

IIRC This lifeboat was designed to just be tossed overboard and it'll right itself.. and also of course, for rough seas.
:)

There's a similar but newer version here:

http://www.diytrade.com/china/pd/109..._lifeboat.html

The one in the first post is almost identical to the one I trained on over twenty years ago, hence the condition due to age.

She is self-righting and designed to protect the occupants from fires as well as rough weather and some are designed to be lowered whilst others free-fall down a short ramp into the water.

So, the real question is - why exactly would the drug cartels not buy these things in bulk, modify and use them for their purposes.

I get Apollo (Apollo 13), LCVP (Saving Private Ryan) and Airbus A300 (Cast away, I think...), but what you mean with lifeboat and cargo ship? :hmmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRbrAHS-BDI just for clarification! :O:

:doh: Didn't even remember that incident let alone that Hanks was involved in movie! Haven't seen it - should I?