Originally Posted by
oojamaflip
Roland - an MR2 might be able to find something, but lobbing out a liferaft hardly qualifies as rescue.
Trust me mate, been there and done that. Scrambled, 20-ish West (well out of land based helo SAR), found persons in distress, dropped life raft (big and better equipped than their small and open dinghy), found nearest ship, directed ship to rescue, waited till rescue complete, then landed, on PLE, at nearest (UK) diversion - total time 8.55hrs. No Lynx could have achieved that
