🔍 Key Concepts

• Inflatable liferaft construction – what parts are on top, bottom, inside, and outside • Purpose of each fitting – canopy, manropes, sea painter, and the special strap used only for righting the raft • Manufacturer’s righting procedure – which item is specifically designed to take your full body weight when the raft is capsized

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: which of these items is meant to pull the whole raft over, not just to hold onto or tow the raft? • Think about where you’d need to be when the raft is upside down – which item would hang free and be reachable to let you climb up and lean back? • Which of these items is strong enough and specifically intended to be stood on or leaned back on with your full weight in rough seas?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which item’s primary function is to flip the raft, not to protect people or secure the raft to a vessel. • Eliminate any option that is mainly for towing or securing the raft to a ship. • Confirm which fitting is normally found on the bottom of the raft when it is upside down, designed for a person to grab and use to roll it over.