From: "Bob Austin" <thataway4@cox.net> >There are alternatives to life rafts: Look at: >http://www.ovatek.com/index2.html This is a fiberglass rescue pod The Ovatek 4 >is a 4 person pod which is 6'9" long, by 51"wide and 44" high.Weight 250 lbs. >The Cost is about $5600. >The Ovatek 7 is a 7 person pod 9' 3 long, 51" wide and 54" high, weight 400 lbs. >Over the life of a raft the cost is less for the fiberglass pod. Over the 20 >year life expectancy of the pod, the cost is half that of a life raft. Nordhavn 47 hull #14 has a Ovatek go to: http://www.nordhavn.com/marketplace/brokerage_triton.htm to see how it fills your boat deck. The Ovatek 4 person is a tight space for four people, and takes a lot of boat deck space. I am not sure it is possible to deploy this if the boat was burning. Clearly lifting it over by hand is a no go. Also deploying it is serious seas would be problematic.