Css palmetto state
Hi I am working on this ship from the American Civil War and I have many doubts about the system used to raise and lower the rescue boats into the water. I have seen many photos about this and none of these systems seems logical to me.I think that due to the position of the sides of the boat, the maneuver should be sliding, on wooden panels that would be submerged for a short time in the water and would be lifted by the davits, once the life boat was placed on top of them.
I put a photo based on a drawing of the time, where it is seen that the davits were pulling something other than the rescue boats
Does anyone really know what the system was like?
Very grateful and regards
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