Casualty drift speed and direction due to WIND

Casualty Type

Weight

Factor

Divergence

Person in water, state unknown

0.011

0.070

30

Person in water, Vertical

0.005

0.070

18

Person in water, Sitting

0.012

0.000

18

Person in water, Horizontal, Life jacket/survival suit

0.014

0.100

30

Person in water, Horizontal, wet suit/scuba suit

0.007

0.080

30

Person in water, Horizontal, deceased

0.015

0.080

30

Life raft, no ballast, unknown canopy and drogue

0.042

0.030

28

Life raft ,no ballast, no canopy, no drogue

0.057

0.210

24

Life raft , no ballast - no canopy, with drogue

0.044

-0.200

28

Life raft, no ballast ,with canopy, no drogue

0.037

0.110

24

Life raft, no ballast, with canopy, with drogue

0.030

0.000

28

Life raft, Shallow ballast system, drogue unknown

0.029

0.000

22

Life raft, Shallow ballast system, no drogue

0.032

-0.020

22

Life raft, Shallow ballast system, with drogue

0.025

0.010

22

Life raft, Shallow ballast system, capsized

0.017

-0.100

8

Life raft, Deep ballast system, with canopy

0.030

0.015

20

Life raft, totally enclosed capsule

0.038

0.080

22

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy

0.029

0.04

15

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, no drogue

0.038

-0.04

15

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, no drogue, light load

0.038

-0.04

15

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, no drogue, heavy load

0.036

-0.03

15

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, with drogue

0.018

0.03

12

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, with drogue, light load

0.016

0.05

24

Maritime Life Raft, 4-6 person, deep ballast, with canopy, with drogue, heavy load

0.021

0.00

20

Maritime Life Raft, 15-25 person, deep ballast, with canopy

0.036

-0.09

10

Maritime Life Raft, 15-25 person, deep ballast, with canopy, no drogue, light load

0.039

-0.06

9

Maritime Life Raft, 15-25 person, deep ballast, with canopy, with drogue, heavy load

0.031

-0.07

9

Maritime Life Raft, capsized

0.009

0.00

12

Maritime Life Raft, swamped

0.010

-0.04

8

Survival Craft, Life Capsule

0.038

-0.080

22

Survival Craft, USCG Sea Rescue Kit

0.025

-0.040

7

Aviation Life Raft, 4-6 person, no ballast, with canopy, no drogue

0.037

0.110

24

Aviation Life Raft, 46 person

0.028

-0.010

15

Kayak, with person

0.042

0

19

Kayak, without person

0.047

0

13

Surf Board, with person

0.020

0.000

15

Surf Board, without person

0.049

0

15

SUP with person

0.027

0

26

SUP without person

0.049

0

15

Windsurfer, with person, mast and sail in water

0.023

0.100

12

Canoe, open; with person

0.097

0

27

Canoe, open; without person

0.147

0

16

Sailing vessel, mono hull, full keel, deep draft

0.030

0.000

48

Sailing vessel, mono hull, fin keel, shoal draft

0.040

0.000

48

Raft Homemade (2 inner tubes with frame), no sail

0.020

0.160

15

Raft Homemade (2 inner tubes with frame), with sail

0.070

-0.150

35

Power vessel, outboard, no drogue

0.070

0.040

20

Power vessel, 4.5m - 8.5m, V hull

0.070

-0.100

20

Power vessel, 5m - 30m, with centre console or walk-around cabin

0.060

-0.100

20

Power vessel, centre console, open cockpit

0.060

-0.090

22

Power vessel, flat bottom, Boston whaler

0.034

0.040

22

Power vessel, V-Hull

0.030

0.080

15

Power vessel, V-hull, swamped

0.017

0.000

15

Power vessel, Cuddy Cabin, V-Hull

0.069

-0.080

19

Power vessel, cabin cruiser, medium displacement

0.040

0.000

20

Commercial fishing vessel, 13m - 30m, unknown type

0.037

0.020

48

Commercial fishing vessel - Sampans

0.040

0.000

48

Commercial fishing vessel - Side Stern Trawler

0.042

0.000

48

Commercial fishing vessel - Longliners

0.037

0.000

48

Commercial fishing vessel - Junk

0.027

0.100

48

Commercial fishing vessel - Gill netter, with rear reel

0.040

0.010

33

Coastal Freighter

0.028

0.000

48

Flotsam - fishing vessel debri

0.020

0.000

10

Flotsam - bait box

0.013

0.270

31