🔍 Key Concepts

• Purpose and design of a bosun’s chair or stage when working overside • Normal safety practices for seamen working over the side of a vessel • Difference between access equipment (for climbing) and safety equipment (for holding on or preventing a fall)

💭 Think About

• When a stage is rigged over the side, what extra equipment helps seamen keep a secure handhold and prevent falling? • Which of these items would normally be held or grabbed for safety while standing on a stage, rather than used primarily for climbing up and down? • Are all of the listed items typically used together in this one situation, or is one of them the standard piece of equipment associated with a working stage?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is specifically associated with working overside on a stage or bosun’s chair, not just any overside work • Ask: which of these is customarily provided as a pair alongside the stage for men to hold onto? • Verify from seamanship practice that the chosen item is used as a safety handhold/support, not just as a general-purpose line or ladder