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Originally Posted by Pelagic  ... The important thing to consider when choosing a liferaft is the rating.
For example: If on an 8 person raft it is rated 5 to 8 persons, that means it needs 5 people as ballast ... | I thought that the first number (5) specified the capacity rating, and the second number (8) specified the "overload" rating, and that all "approved" life rafts required ballast.
I've been wrong before. See Terry Johnson’s Boatkeeper* article on life rafts:
➥ http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/bo...life-rafts.pdf
* All Boatkeeper articles are online at:
➥ Boatkeeper | bookstore | Alaska Sea Grant
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