🔍 Key Concepts

• Sea painter: a line used to attach a survival craft to the ship during launching and while alongside • Difference between the painter line and the lifeline/grab line that runs around the raft’s perimeter • Look closely at which numbered item is a long line leading away from the raft toward the ship, not a strap, ladder, or sea anchor

💭 Think About

• Which numbered item in the picture is clearly a long rope or line meant to reach back to the vessel, rather than something used for boarding, stabilizing, or inflating the raft? • Can you distinguish the line that connects to the sea anchor (drogue) from the separate line that would connect the raft to the ship? • If you trace the end of each long line, which one appears to lead toward the ship/launching area rather than down into the water or around the raft’s edge?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which number labels the coiled line that could easily pay out as the raft moves away from the ship. • Confirm that you are not choosing the sea anchor (drogue) itself—only the line that keeps the raft with the ship during launching. • Double‑check that the item you pick is not the lifeline/grab line running around the outside of the raft’s tube.