What Is An Open Lifeboat?

An open lifeboat is a lifeboat that has no top cover and is usually manually propelled or propelled by a compression combustion engine.

This kind of lifeboat is one of the common life-saving equipment of early ships, and meets the general requirements of the International Life-saving Equipment Code (LSA) on lifeboat construction, buoyancy, stability, and fittings.

The open lifeboat has no shelter and closure device, and it is easier to enter water when encountering wind and waves, such as being overturned by wind and waves, and it is difficult to be righted by the strength of the personnel inside the boat.

Occupants do not receive adequate safety protection from low temperatures or exposure to the sun. Therefore, in modern ships, open lifeboats have been gradually replaced by partially enclosed lifeboats or fully enclosed lifeboats.

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