Safety, Fire & Survival · Lifesaving Appliances — Liferaft Equipment
A SOLAS A-pack liferaft is equipped with a sea anchor (drogue) primarily to:
- AProvide drinking water
- BReduce drift and keep the raft heading into the seas, improving stability✓ Correct
- CSignal aircraft
- DInflate the canopy
Explanation
The sea anchor slows the raft's downwind drift (keeping survivors nearer the distress position) and helps hold the raft steady and into the waves, reducing capsize risk and seasickness.
Authority: SOLAS Chapter III; LSA Code (liferaft equipment)
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