Navigation and Seamanship

5.2.5. Method of jumping into water with lifejacket

  

• Jump from a height of not more than 6 meters from water level.
• The tapes of the lifejackets must be tight with body.
• Before jumping, make sure that there are no obstructions in your way and that you are not jumping into a boat or on the canopy of a life raft.
• Then look parallel to the horizon, hold down your lifejacket by one hand and block off your nose and mouth by the other, keep your feet together, and jump-feet first.