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Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

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Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Hydrostatic release unit (HRU) function and purpose • How an inflatable liferaft painter line works to trigger automatic inflation • What happens to the raft container and painter when the ship sinks and the raft floats free

💭 Think About

• Think about what the hydrostatic release has already done and what steps in the liferaft deployment process are automatic versus manual. • Consider the purpose of the painter line: what two jobs does it have in relation to the liferaft container and inflation system? • Ask yourself: if you interfere with the painter line or the container now, are you helping the automatic system, or possibly preventing the raft from inflating correctly?

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• Verify how many meters of painter line are normally pulled out before the inflation cylinder activates. • Confirm whether the hydrostatic release is designed so the container sinks with the ship or stays near the surface until the raft inflates. • Check whether the standard procedure says to cut the painter, manually open the container, or to let the automatic system complete its job once the HRU has released.

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Question 1 of 20

Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

Swim away from the container so you will not be in danger as it goes down.

Manually open the container and inflate the liferaft with the hand pump.

Cut the painter line so it will not pull the liferaft container down.

Take no action because the painter will cause the liferaft to inflate and open the container.

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Question 1 / 205eccef9fbacbc34ba4d468ec

Question 1 of 205eccef9fbacbc34ba4d468ec

Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

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Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

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