The responsibility for slipping the life-rafts rests with the senior officer (or rating) in charge of that particular group of men and life-rafts.
Imfanelo ngokutyibilikisa isihlenga sobomi esiphumle ngomphathi wamajoni omkhulu (okanye ukubalasela) ukuphatha kwela qela elithile lamadoda kwakunye nesihlenga sobomi.