🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS survival craft requirements for fuel and engine operation • The minimum time a survival craft must be able to make headway at a set speed (6 knots) under its own power • Difference between short-term abandonment and sustained search-and-rescue endurance timelines

💭 Think About

• Think about why SOLAS requires survival craft engines to run at a certain speed—what is the purpose of maintaining 6 knots, and for how long would that realistically be needed during rescue operations? • Compare the answer choices: which ones look too short to be safe for search and rescue, and which ones might be unrealistic for the size and fuel capacity of typical lifeboats? • Consider standard SOLAS endurance requirements you may have studied for lifeboats and rescue boats—what running time at full speed is typically specified?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm in SOLAS or 46 CFR what the minimum endurance in hours is for a motor survival craft at 6 knots. • Make sure you are not confusing liferaft provisions (like food/water duration) with engine/fuel endurance for powered survival craft. • Eliminate any options that clearly conflict with typical design limits of small survival craft engines and tanks.