After abandoning ship, why should you deploy...

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After abandoning ship, why should you deploy the sea anchor from a liferaft?

Question 1 of 27070

After abandoning ship, why should you deploy the sea anchor from a liferaft?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Purpose of a sea anchor (drogue) for small craft and liferafts • How wind and waves affect a light, drifting liferaft • Survival priorities: staying together and staying findable

💭 Think About

• What happens to an undeployed liferaft in strong wind and waves—does it move slowly or very quickly? • Is a sea anchor mainly used to steer a raft, to stop it from flipping, or to control how fast and how far it drifts? • For rescue, is it better for a raft to race downwind, or to remain roughly where the ship went down?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which option describes controlling drift and position rather than steering or comfort. • Eliminate any choice that suggests the liferaft can sail or navigate with a sea anchor. • Ask if the sea anchor’s main function is safety from capsize or limiting drift to aid rescue.

Question 1 of 27070

After abandoning ship, why should you deploy the sea anchor from a liferaft?

To keep the liferaft from capsizing

To navigate against the current

To stay in the general location

To keep personnel from getting seasick