In addition to wearable life jackets, what lifesaving device must a 32-foot uninspected passenger vessel carry?
- At least one inflatable liferaft
- At least one approved ring life buoy
- At least one buoyant cushion per person
- At least one rescue boat with oars
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B. At least one approved ring life buoy
Uninspected commercial vessels 26 feet or longer must carry at least one approved lifebuoy to throw to a person in the water. A buoyant cushion is a recreational-boat throwable and does not meet the commercial requirement; liferafts are not required on a six-pack vessel of this size.
Reference: 46 CFR 25.25-5
Returning from sea, you come to a buoy with red and green horizontal bands, the top band red. How should you pass it to stay in the preferred channel?
- Leave it to starboard, as you would a red buoy
- Leave it to port, as you would a green buoy
- Pass close aboard on either side of the buoy
- Stay well clear; it marks an isolated danger
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A. Leave it to starboard, as you would a red buoy
A red-and-green banded buoy marks a junction or obstruction, and the colour of the top band shows the preferred channel: top band red is treated as a red buoy and left to starboard when returning. You can pass the other side, but that is the secondary channel. An isolated danger mark is black and red.
Reference: 33 CFR 62.25
On which vessels is an OUPV endorsement valid?
- Inspected passenger vessels of less than 100 gross tons
- Uninspected passenger vessels of less than 100 gross tons
- Uninspected passenger vessels of any gross tonnage
- Any vessel of less than 100 gross tons, inspected or not
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B. Uninspected passenger vessels of less than 100 gross tons
The OUPV endorsement is limited to uninspected vessels of less than 100 GRT carrying six or fewer passengers. Operating an inspected small passenger vessel requires a Master endorsement of suitable tonnage.
Reference: 46 CFR 11.467