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The lights on the outside of the canopy of an inflatable liferaft operate - Automatically when the raft is inflated While adrift in an inflatable liferaft in hot, tropical weather - Deflating the floor panels may help to cool personnel. When hoisting a boat on gravity type davits using an electric motor driven winch, the davit arms should be brought up - Until just before they make contact with the limit switch, and then hand cranked to their final position. What is the purpose of tricing pendants? - They hold the lifeboat alongside the embarkation deck Spreading oil on the open sea has the effect of - Preventing the wave crest from breaking The painter on the rigid liferaft must have a length sufficient to reach the lightest waterline plus an additional - 15 meters (50 feet) With the air supply on, the air pressure in an enclosed lifeboat will be - Greater than outside air pressure A fully loaded motor-propelled lifeboat must be capable of attaining a speed of at least - 6 knots in smooth water When you are firing a pyrotechnic distress signal, it should be aimed at - About 60 degrees above the horizon