Safety, Fire & Survival · LSA — Liferaft Painter
When manually launching an inflatable liferaft, after throwing the canister overboard you pull the painter line. What does pulling the painter accomplish?
- AIt triggers the EPIRB
- BIt deflates the raft for storage
- CIt releases the raft's sea anchor only
- DIt operates the gas-inflation system to inflate the raft (the painter is also the raft's mooring to the ship)✓ Correct
Explanation
The painter both moors the raft to the ship and, when pulled out fully, fires the CO2/nitrogen inflation. The raft inflates alongside for boarding; if the ship sinks first, the weak link in the painter parts so the raft is not dragged under.
Authority: SOLAS III; LSA Code, liferaft launching
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