Safety, Fire & Survival · Survival — Sea Anchor
Why should survivors deploy the sea anchor (drogue) from a liferaft?
- AIt signals aircraft overhead
- BIt speeds the raft toward shore
- CIt inflates the raft canopy
- DIt reduces drift, helps keep the raft from capsizing in seas, and keeps survivors nearer the distress position for searchers✓ Correct
Explanation
A streamed sea anchor slows the raft's downwind drift (keeping it closer to the last known position and easier to find), provides stability and a more comfortable, less capsize-prone ride in waves, and helps hold the raft's opening away from breaking seas.
Authority: SOLAS III; LSA Code; survival craft operation
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