Lindholme procedure
I've just seen a painting of a Shackleton dropping a set of Lindholme gear to shipwreck survivors.
The drop has been made DOWNWIND.
I thought the drop was made upwind so that the automatically inflated life-raft and accompanying survival containers (attached to the life-raft by 100 yd ropes) would be blown towards the survivors?
Is my brain playing its usual tricks or has the artist been badly advised ?
Any Coastal navigators out there remember the procedure ?
Last edited by virgo; 16th May 2010 at 15:58.