On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:28:08 -0400, Martin
wrote:

Wrong. Do go and get some more accurate information. This is a
completely enclosed SOLAS lifeboat, fiberglass, food for many days, a
couple of days worth of fuel, launched from a railway at the stern of
the ship....

You can see these freefall boats on the ships at the Miraflores Locks,
the Panama Canal. They have webcams. I thought it might be a freefall
boat since you pull a trigger to launch one, not lower it on cables.
Much quicker and easier when the **** is in the fan.

http://www.pancanal.com/common/multi...flores-hi.html

The lighting in the morning is best. In the late afternoon the sun
shines into the lens, and the autoexposure averages things, leaving
everything but the sky too dark.

Casady