🔍 Key Concepts

• Role of tricing pendants in bringing the lifeboat alongside for loading • Normal sequence of launching a lifeboat: gripes, tricing pendants, loading, lowering • Safety concern: when it is safe for people to be in the boat vs. inboard on deck

💭 Think About

• Think through the full launch sequence: the boat is in its stowed position, secured by gripes. What is done first, second, and third as you prepare to load people? • At what point do tricing pendants stop being useful and start becoming a hazard that could damage the boat or davits if kept fast too long? • Would you want the boat still restrained by tricing pendants while it is moving significantly up or down relative to the ship?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on what tricing pendants do (pulling the boat in to the embarkation deck) and why. • Make sure you know when passengers normally embark relative to removing gripes and operating the winch. • Consider the unsafe condition: tricing pendants still fast while the boat is being lowered away and the ship and boat can move differently.