Tail connections and chafe protection
Applicability: Apply to the vessel’s mooring and anchoring arrangements, retaining the equipment-specific conditions in each entry.
What is being checked
Connections suit the lines and protect their eyes from chafe.
Ready on board
0 / 3 checkedCheck the vessel’s actual procedures, equipment and records against these points from RISQ 3.2.
Practice questions
Preparation prompts derived from this entry, not an official inspector interview script.
1Must the joining shackle’s SWL exactly equal the line’s WLL?
No. The source requires SWL equal to or greater than WLL and explicitly discourages trying to match the values exactly.
Where a finding may arise
Missing evidence, defects or gaps in familiarity against these checks may prevent a satisfactory answer. These are derived preparation concerns, not additional explicit finding criteria or reported past observations.
Editorial background reading. Inspection requirements remain those of the cited RISQ entry.
Past observations for practice
Anonymised reports, manually reviewed before publication. These are reported experiences, not additional inspection requirements.
No reviewed observations have been added for this entry.
Share an observation for private review
Remove vessel, company and inspector names, report numbers, exact dates and confidential information. Do not paste a complete inspection report.
Source clarification
The source gives wire/synthetic WLL as 55%/50% of Ship Design MBL. These are not percentages of each replacement rope’s certificate, and no connection-making procedure is supplied.
References and source status
RightShip Inspection Ship Questionnaire, November 2025, version 3.2. Section 10, page 186, reference 10.10.
The explanation, checklist and practice answer derive from the supplied questionnaire. Reported observations are separately contributed and manually reviewed; they are not official RISQ guidance.
Independent DeepDraft preparation guide, based on the supplied RISQ 3.2 questionnaire. Not an official RightShip product or inspection report.