🔍 Key Concepts

• LSA (Life-Saving Appliances) requirements for liferafts on international voyages in 46 CFR and SOLAS Chapter III • Difference between total number of persons carried by all liferafts combined vs. minimum capacity of each individual liferaft • Typical minimum design capacity of standard SOLAS inflatable liferafts

💭 Think About

• First decide: is the question asking about the total capacity provided by all liferafts on board, or the minimum size of each single liferaft? • Think about common commercial SOLAS inflatable liferafts you’ve seen or studied—what’s the smallest number of people they are usually certified to carry? • Eliminate the options that clearly describe overall vessel survival capacity (fleet of rafts) rather than the capacity of one inflatable liferaft.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify that the wording is about each inflatable liferaft, not total capacity of all rafts combined. • Check SOLAS/LSA tables that show standard liferaft sizes (e.g., 6, 10, 16, etc.) and identify the minimum standard size allowed. • Be sure the answer you choose refers to a fixed number of persons per raft, not a percentage of persons on board the vessel.