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When launching an open lifeboat by falls, which is TRUE concerning the boathooks?

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When launching an open lifeboat by falls, which is TRUE concerning the boathooks?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Lifeboat launching procedures in SOLAS and common USCG guidance • Purpose and safe use of boathooks during launching and recovery • Risk of damage or capsizing if boathooks are not handled correctly while lowering by falls

💭 Think About

• Think about what is happening to the lifeboat as it is being lowered by the falls: what can it strike or rub against? • In that specific phase (lowering by falls), what is the most important immediate job of the boathooks: storage, rescue, or protecting the boat and people? • Which option best reduces the risk of the lifeboat hanging up, getting holed, or being pulled sideways while still allowing the crew to act quickly?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which options describe boathooks being actively available vs. tied down • Consider which choice fits the launching phase only, not later recovery of survivors • Eliminate any option that would delay the crew’s ability to react if the boat swings toward the ship’s side or an obstruction

Question 1 of 27070

When launching an open lifeboat by falls, which is TRUE concerning the boathooks?

They must be secured amidships where they will not hinder the personnel

They must be used for picking up survivors in the water

They must be kept free to be used for fending off

They must be secured forward and aft where readily available

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When launching an open lifeboat by falls, which is TRUE concerning the boathooks?

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When launching an open lifeboat by falls, which is TRUE concerning the boathooks?