Safety, Fire & Survival · LSA — Liferaft Stability / Water Pockets
Ballast (water) pockets beneath an inflatable liferaft serve to:
- AAdd weight for sinking the raft
- BProvide drinking water
- CImprove stability and resist capsize by holding water that anchors the raft against wind and waves✓ Correct
- DInflate the canopy
Explanation
Water-filled ballast pockets hanging below the raft lower its center of effort and resist the wind's tendency to flip the light, high-canopied raft. They greatly improve stability in a seaway. A sea anchor (drogue) further steadies the raft and slows its drift.
Authority: LSA Code
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