🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR Subchapter T requirements for lifesaving equipment on small passenger vessels • Construction and arrangement of life floats and buoyant apparatus • Purpose and placement of a life line versus other lines (painter, lanyards, securing lines)

💭 Think About

• Think about what a life line on a float is mainly used for: how do people in the water actually hold on or stay with the device? • Which option best describes a line arranged so that several people in the water can use it at once, even in rough seas? • Look at which choices confuse the life line with other equipment, like lines for tying on gear or for special situations (e.g., unconscious persons).

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 46 CFR that the life line is arranged around the outside of the float or apparatus, not just in the center. • Check whether regulations limit the spacing or length of bights/loops along the side of the float so people can grab on easily. • Confirm that the primary regulatory purpose of the life line is continuous handholds for survivors, not for securing cargo or only special‑case uses.