When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current running parallel to the beach (from right to left when facing from seaward) the recommended procedure is to __________. |
A) rig a drogue with tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue tripped between breakers |
B) approach slow enough so that the boat can be brought around to meet breaking seas on the bow |
C) drop an anchor outside the surf line, then pay out anchor line over the bow while the seas carry the boat toward the beach |
D) approach while coming to the left to take advantage of the current |