🔍 Key Concepts

• Construction and safety features of inflatable liferafts under SOLAS and typical USCG-approved designs • How people maintain handholds and stability inside a moving, bouncing raft • Difference between features meant for holding on with hands versus securing feet or bodies

💭 Think About

• In rough seas, what part of your body is most practical for keeping yourself from sliding or falling when the raft is tossed around? • Which of these options sounds like a standard, simple feature that can be built into the raft’s inner perimeter and used quickly by everyone, even in the dark or when crowded? • Think about how many people might be in a liferaft. Which feature would work for all of them at once without getting in the way or causing tripping??

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is commonly mentioned in liferaft familiarization / safety briefings as something you grab onto inside the raft. • Eliminate any option that would be complex to build or easy to trip over in a cramped, crowded raft. • Focus on the feature that runs along the sides of the raft and can be used by multiple survivors at the same time.