To turn over an inflatable liferaft that is...

🔍 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.

To turn over an inflatable liferaft that is upside down, you should pull on which item?

Canopy

Manropes

Sea painter

Righting strap