Life Boat Davits
Destination
Boat Davit is an element of:
- life saving device
- rescue - life saving device
- rescue device
It services for transportation of the boat onboard of the ship, in cooperation with
adequate boat winch.
Rescue boat davits are destined for following actions:
- defection of the boat with permissible number of persons from stowage position outside
ship tilt to 20° on arbitrary ship side and trim to 10°.
- hoisting of the boat with 10 persons crew from the water to stowage position, when
the ship has no tilt and no trim.
Davits servicing for rescue - life saving boat and life boat are destined for following
actions:
- defection of the boat with permissible number of persons from stowage position outside
ship side, on ship tilt to 20° on arbitrary ship side and trim to 10°.
- hoisting of the boat with 10 persons (for R65-1 with 6 persons) from the water to
stowage position, when the ship has tilt to 20° on arbitrary ship side and trim
to 10°.
Technical characteristic
It. |
Davit type |
Permissible working load SWL [kN] |
Boat type (Ustka Shipyard) |
Permissible number of persons in a boat |
Cooperating boat winch |
Winch mass [kg] |
Max. rope diameter [mm] |
Davit mass without the winch and ropes [kg] |
1 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-R6, 5 |
31 |
R65-I |
6 |
ER63 |
1630 |
20 |
2950 |
2 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P6, 5 |
42 |
P65 |
20 |
E100 or ER100 |
1700 |
25 |
3363 |
3 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P8 |
72 |
P8 |
45 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
5912 |
4 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P9 |
100 |
P9 |
66 |
E160 |
1750 |
32 |
8252 |
5 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P10 |
125 |
P10 |
90 |
E200 |
2200 |
32 |
8350 |
6 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T60 |
56 |
Z60 T60 |
27 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6500 |
7 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T665 |
62 |
Z665 T665 |
32 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6520 |
8 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T6 |
66 |
Z6 T6 |
39 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6700 |
9 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T74 |
82 |
Z74 T74 |
51 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6780 |
10 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T82 |
92 |
Z82 T82 |
59 |
E140 |
1800 |
28 |
6840 |
11 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T60 |
56 |
Z60 T60 |
27 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6420 |
12 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T665 |
62 |
Z665 T665 |
32 |
E140 or ER140 |
1800 |
28 |
6440 |
13 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T6 |
66 |
Z6 T6 |
39 |
E160 or ER160 |
1750 |
30 |
7650 |
14 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T74 |
82 |
Z60 T60 |
51 |
E160 or ER160 |
1750 |
30 |
7700 |
15 |
ZZ-Z&J2-T82 |
92 |
Z74 T74 |
59 |
E160 |
1750 |
30 |
7730 |
Structure description
The davit is equipped with a winch, ropes and remote control device, which gives
possibilities of winch control from the boat. The winch on davits item No 1-10
is installed on bow guide, and on davits item No 11-15 is installed as free-standing
near by stern guide. The boat entry is installed in davits item No 1-5 on the side
of ship side and in davits item No 6-15 on the side of boat stern.
Davits meet requirements of following rules:
- SOLAS-74 with 1997 amendments,
- Classification Societies Rules
Davits type ZZ-ZZŁJ are executed in two kinds:
- as free-standing
- as wall installed (without a column, and space beam - item No 5 and 4 on drawing)
- denoted with "S" mark
ZZ-ZŁJ2 davits - execution with freestanding winch.
Depending of davit locations on the ship there are two davits executions:
- on right ship side - denoted by a sign "P"
- on left ship side - denoted by a sign "L"
Depending of electrical supply there are davits:
- 3 x 380 V, 50 Hz - denoted by a number "35"
- 3 x 440 V, 60 Hz - denoted by a number "46"
Depending of applied winch there are davits:
- for life boat - winch denotation "E" mark
- for rescue boat
- and rescue life boat - winch denotation "ER" mark
An example of travelling type davit denotation, destined for:
- P65 rescue life boat service,
- installed on superstructure wall,
- right execution, winch supply 3 x 440 V; 60 Hz
Dimensions [mm] for ZZ-ZŁJ & ZZ-ZŁJ2
Schematic view:
Item |
Davit type |
A |
B |
C |
D |
F |
G |
H |
L |
M |
N |
1 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-R6, 5 |
1410 |
3340 |
2150 |
2245 |
2910 |
900 |
5450 |
5700 |
3165 |
2900 |
2 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P6, 5 |
1410 |
3378 |
2290 |
2270 |
2910 |
900 |
5485 |
5700 |
3165 |
2900 |
3 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P8 |
1730 |
4040 |
2735 |
2725 |
3250 |
1100 |
6620 |
6600 |
3895 |
3530 |
4 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P9 |
1870 |
4511 |
2950 |
2970 |
3525 |
1320 |
7175 |
7450 |
4345 |
3970 |
5 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-P10 |
2060 |
4935 |
3120 |
3460 |
3850 |
1410 |
8100 |
8300 |
4740 |
4345 |
6 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T60 |
1700 |
4040 |
2735 |
2540 |
3050 |
1100 |
6080 |
5680 |
3895 |
3530 |
7 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T665 |
1700 |
4040 |
2735 |
2540 |
3050 |
1100 |
6080 |
6580 |
3895 |
3530 |
8 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T6 |
1920 |
4470 |
3135 |
2760 |
3220 |
1100 |
6570 |
5920 |
4175 |
3930 |
9 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T74 |
1920 |
4470 |
3135 |
2760 |
3220 |
1100 |
6570 |
7300 |
4175 |
3930 |
10 |
ZZ-ZŁJ-T82 |
1920 |
4470 |
3135 |
2760 |
3220 |
1100 |
6570 |
8100 |
4175 |
3930 |
11 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T60 |
1700 |
2900 |
2450 |
2380 |
3050 |
1100 |
6080 |
5680 |
3335 |
2730 |
12 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T665 |
1700 |
2900 |
2450 |
2380 |
3050 |
1100 |
6080 |
6580 |
3335 |
2730 |
13 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T6 |
1920 |
3530 |
2900 |
2600 |
3500 |
1320 |
6680 |
5920 |
3785 |
3170 |
14 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T74 |
1920 |
3530 |
2900 |
2600 |
3500 |
1320 |
6680 |
7300 |
3785 |
3170 |
15 |
ZZ-ZŁJ2-T82 |
1920 |
3530 |
2900 |
2600 |
3500 |
1320 |
6680 |
8100 |
3785 |
3170 |
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