What is the required minimum length of the painter for a lifeboat in ocean service?

Correct Answer: Option A — two times the distance from the boat deck to the light waterline or 50 feet whichever is greater

Title 46 CFR mandates that a lifeboat painter must be of a length equal to at least two times the distance from the boat deck to the light waterline, or 50 feet, whichever is greater.