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INLAND ONLY You are on a vessel that the Secretary has determined cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?

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INLAND ONLY You are on a vessel that the Secretary has determined cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?

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• INLAND Rules – Vessels of special construction or purpose (vessels that physically cannot meet standard light positions or spacing) • The difference between "comply as closely as possible" and omitting required lights • Why the Rules focus on maintaining the same overall light pattern and meaning even when exact spacing is impossible

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• Ask yourself: If a vessel truly cannot meet the exact spacing, what do the Rules want you to do to keep other vessels from being misled about your heading and size? • Which option best preserves the intent of the masthead and stern light pattern, rather than changing or removing lights? • Would the Secretary ever allow you to simply leave off required lights, or does the Rule expect you to approximate the correct arrangement?

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• Verify what the Inland Rules say about vessels that "cannot comply fully" with the positioning or spacing of lights due to their special construction or purpose. • Check which choice maintains all the required lights and their basic functions (forward masthead, after masthead, stern), even if spacing is not perfect. • Eliminate any option that suggests removing required lights or making a major substitution that would change how other vessels interpret your aspect.

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Question 1 of 20

INLAND ONLY You are on a vessel that the Secretary has determined cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?

The vessel's lights must comply as closely as possible.

The vessel must be altered to permit full compliance with the rules.

An all-round light should be substituted for the after-masthead light and the stern light.

The vessel must carry only the lights that comply with the rules; the others may be omitted.

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INLAND ONLY You are on a vessel that the Secretary has determined cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?

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INLAND ONLY You are on a vessel that the Secretary has determined cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?

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