Marina Exam Reviewer: You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the water. Which statement is TRUE?

Marina Exam Reviewer 

You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the water. Which statement is TRUE? 

A. Survivors in the water should never be permitted alongside due to the possibility of injury from the vessel. 
B. An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station for transfer of survivors from the boats. 
C. You should stop to windward of the survivors in the water and only use the ships boats to recover the survivors. 
D. If the survivors are in inflatable rafts you should approach from windward to create a lee for the survivors. 



Answer:    B. An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station for transfer of survivors from the boats. 

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