Competent Crew Quiz · Safety

When should you get into the liferaft?

An orange inflatable liferaft with a canopy, floating on the sea.
An orange inflatable liferaft with a canopy, floating on the sea.
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Only when staying aboard is more dangerous, on the skipper's order. "Step up into the liferaft." The yacht is usually the safer place to be, so you leave her only when staying is more dangerous: she is sinking, or there is a fire you cannot control.

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