It was not the WST that viewed the ship as "unsinkable" (althoughh some might have thought that), the media started that nonsense. The number of life boats had more to do with what was the requirement by law at the time (which had not yet been changed according to size of the vessel and number of passengers). It's true that Andrews was over ruled when it came to the number of life boats, but still the Titanic had more life boats than required by law, so SOME consideration was taken (though not enough sadly). There was nothing wrong with the davits, it's just that they(the crewmen) could not load the boats quickly enough (both due to thier inexperience with the large ships and the time consuming process that loading the boats is). Ropes for one boat had to be cut because the passengers in a life boat couldnt find the release for them, then too this boat was swept back underneath another boat that was being lowered. Others were cut because they were simply being swepped away by the water.

Jessica