Designing and building realistic, workable rescue and lifeboats has become something of a maritime "holy grail" for at least the last century. If you've ever launched, boarded, operated and then recovered a modern RIB style rescue boat, as I have, you will be well aware that the whole process is fraught with difficulty, even danger. We've come a long way in the last hundred years or so and the current focus on RIBs has a lot going for it. Unfortunately, though, RIBs are far from perfect. Their launching and recovery mechanisms, particularly, leave considerable room for improvement.
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