🔍 Key Concepts

• Small passenger vessels and how they are defined in 46 CFR (passenger count, size, service area) • Differences between coastwise service and inland/near-coastal or lakes, bays, and sounds service • Which survival craft types are still accepted vs. which have been phased out or restricted for passenger vessels (e.g., life floats, buoyant apparatus, inflatable liferafts)

💭 Think About

• Think about which survival craft type provides the highest level of protection for passengers in open or partially exposed waters typical of coastwise routes. • Ask yourself: have life floats and buoyant apparatus remained standard for small passenger vessels, or have regulations moved toward a different primary survival craft? • Consider whether the phrase “Any of the above” is likely to be correct when some listed devices may no longer meet current passenger vessel standards for certain routes.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 46 CFR Subchapter T (small passenger vessels) what survival craft are specifically required for coastwise service. • Check whether life floats and buoyant apparatus are currently allowed as primary survival craft on small passenger vessels in coastwise service, or only in more sheltered waters. • Confirm which option in the list is explicitly named as the required type of survival craft for small passenger vessels in coastwise service, rather than a general or older category.