USCG Exam PracticeMarlinespike seamanship — knots, splices, line care
A line under heavy load parts suddenly. Personnel standing nearby are at greatest risk if they are positioned in which location?
- A. Abeam of the line, at a 90-degree angle to its lead
- ✓ In the bight or along the line's lead in the snap-back zoneCorrect
- C. Forward of the forward bitt, clear of the chock
- D. Behind the warping head on the opposite side of the vessel
Why B is correct
NAVEDTRA 14067 §4-1 states that a line under load stores energy and if it parts, the ends whip back along the line's lead with lethal force. Personnel must never stand in the bight or in line with a line under strain, and must stay out of marked snap-back zones.
Cited:NAVEDTRA 14067 §4-1