🔍 Key Concepts

• Aids to Navigation (ATON) reporting responsibilities for mariners • Most immediate and practical way to report a buoy that is off station • Normal use and purpose of CG Form 2692

💭 Think About

• Which option allows you to report the hazard to navigation as quickly as possible from where you are? • Which choices seem unnecessarily slow or impractical for something that could be a safety hazard to other vessels? • What is CG Form 2692 normally used for, and does a buoy off station fit that situation?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice provides the fastest communication with the Coast Guard while you’re still underway • Eliminate any options that require traveling ashore before reporting the problem • Verify your understanding of what CG Form 2692 is actually intended to report (hint: think marine casualties/accidents)