When launching a lifeboat, frapping lines should be rigged __________.
• Purpose of frapping lines during lifeboat launching • Normal sequence of operations: gripes, lowering, tricing pendants, frapping lines, final release • Difference between tricing pendants (bringing boat inboard) and frapping lines (holding boat alongside)
• Think about when the boat is close enough to the embarkation deck that you can safely handle lines from the ship to the boat. • Ask yourself: at what moment do you most need something to hold the boat snug against the ship, so it doesn’t swing out while people are getting in or gear is being handled? • Consider the relationship between tricing pendants and frapping lines: which one initially pulls the boat inboard, and which one is used to keep it in once that has happened?
• Verify what action tricing pendants perform compared to frapping lines in standard lifeboat-launching procedures. • Check at which point crew can safely reach and secure frapping lines between ship and boat. • Eliminate any option where frapping lines would be rigged when the boat is either still stowed or already floating free, since they would be impractical or useless then.
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