snowleopard
(regular)
23/05/2006 17:44
Re: Liferaft checks - Portugal

Me too. I have a 3-year raft (hermetically sealed in a plastic bag. I needed an inspection certificate for the ARC so took it to a local agent in Las Palmas. All he was supposed to do was open the canister to check the bag was still airtight. Instead he did a full service and charged accordingly. He also informed me that as he wasn't an approved service agent for my make of raft the warranty was now void.

Back in the UK I had the next service done and went along to watch. It turned out that the raft had been wrongly folded, there was now no sealed inner bag and the painter had been packed in such a way it would have been virtually impossible to pull out.

So beware. Make sure you know what you're getting before you part with your raft.



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