🔍 Key Concepts

• Sea painter location and purpose on an inflatable liferaft • Difference between the painter and the line attached to the sea anchor (drogue) • How a liferaft is connected to the ship during launching

💭 Think About

• Look at which numbered line leads from the raft in toward the ship, rather than away to a drag device in the water. • Identify which numbered item is attached directly to the conical drogue (sea anchor); that one is NOT the painter. • Think about which line would be used to both inflate and initially hold the raft alongside the vessel.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which number is next to the long line that is coiled and intended to be pulled from the ship – that is the sea painter. • Confirm that the number next to the conical device in the water marks the sea anchor, not the painter. • Make sure the number you pick is not labeling the small line to the ladder or the grab lines around the raft’s perimeter.