I Need My Life Raft Servicing - What Do I Do?

Please contact us with all relevant information of your life raft. Such as brand, model, damage/defects.

Our Gosport and Lymington stores are an authorised drop-off point for Ocean Safety and Seago.

Your life raft will be booked in by our team. It will then be collected, and delivered to the relevant company for testing. Once testing has been completed, and your life raft has been returned to our store, we will then invoice you; allowing a 7-day period for payment and collection.

• The container or valise is opened, and the inflation system disconnected.
• The liferaft is removed from the container or valise.
• The container or valise are cleaned, and fiberglass or valise is repaired as required.
• The container or valise decal labels are renewed.
• The liferaft is inspected inside and out.
• The emergency pack contents are checked, and items replaced if expired according to regulations.
• The liferaft carcass is inspected and tested.
• The cylinder operating head and valve, and release wire are inspected.
• The inflations systems and high-pressure hoses are inspected.
• The CO2 cylinder is checked and weighed for correct CO2 & N2 contents.
• The liferaft is deflated, repacked into the container or valise and prepared
  for dispatch".

• The liferaft is inflated with compressed air and pressure tested, including a 60-minute working pressure test of the lower buoyancy chamber, upper buoyancy chamber and arch chamber.
• If the liferaft is equipped with an inflatable floor, this is also pressure tested for 60 minutes.
• The liferaft is subjected to specific tests at various intervals according to IMO international regulations.
• Gas inflation stress test (GI) is conducted every 5 years using the liferaft’s own CO2/N2 cylinder to inflate it.
• A ‘Necessary Additional Pressure’ test (NAP) at double the working pressure rate is conducted at 10 years then annually thereafter.
• A floor seam test (FS) is performed to check the seams of the internal floor and is conducted at 10 years and annually thereafter."

• The age of the life raft
• The make and model (including container or valise type)
• The service level required
• Any replacement components needed (e.g. emergency pack items, cylinders, valves, hoses, or parts subject to periodic testing)

• Platinum service £74.95 (72 Hours)
• Gold service £49.95   (10 Days)
• Silver service  £34.95  (21 days)
• Standard service £0.00 (5-6 weeks during peak season)