Liferaft Inside or Out?

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After having read many accounts of life raft deployment under adverse conditions I was wondering what the members think about the placement of the liferaft, i.e. outside in a mount or inside the vessel, as well as your reasons why. I am opting for the inside the vessel theory thinking that rafts have been ripped from mountings by severe waves, difficulty deploying raft from deck in darkness and severe weather, etc.