| They have the presence of mind to take the lifelines only when needed and the knowledge to answer the simpler questions without fluttering. |
| The boat took considerable damage in the storm, losing its mast, boom, compass and lifelines. |
| When using vertical lifelines, use a lanyard 2 or 3 feet shorter than the standard 6 feet. |
| A nearly 8-inch high bulwark and 28-inch high double lifelines completely surround the deck area. |
| Most of the damage has now been repaired, but the boat was still without lifelines so caution was required when moving around lest we ended up going for a premature swim! |
| Rescue teams continued to drill toward six trapped miners Thursday evening and were hopeful of reaching the men with lifelines, mine officials said. |
