🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR Subchapter W – Lifesaving Appliances and Arrangements (for inspected vessels) • The difference between “each person on board” vs. specific locations or duties • Meaning of “readily accessible” in lifesaving equipment requirements

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Do Coast Guard lifejacket rules focus on only certain crew (like watchstanders or engine-room personnel), or on everyone who might be on the vessel? • Consider whether the regulations usually make one broad requirement first, and then add special requirements for particular spaces (like engine rooms). • Think: If you had an emergency and had to abandon ship quickly, which wording in the options would best match the intent of maximum survivability for all persons onboard?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check 46 CFR language for phrases like “for each person on board” versus more limited groups. • Verify if “readily accessible” is an additional condition on where lifejackets are stored, or the main requirement by itself. • Confirm whether regulations tend to bundle everything as “all of the above” OR state one clear, primary baseline requirement for lifejacket quantity.