Small wooden hull passenger vessels, whose routes are limited to coastwise warm water routes on the high seas, must carry approved life floats or buoyant apparatus. Which statement is TRUE?
• 46 CFR Subchapter T requirements for small passenger vessels • Differences between life floats, buoyant apparatus, and ring life buoys • Required capacity percentage for primary survival craft on warm water routes
• Ask yourself: for warm water, coastwise small wooden passenger vessels, is the required survival craft capacity usually 100% or something less? • Consider whether ring life buoys are personal rescue devices or primary survival craft, and whether one is allowed to substitute for the other. • Think about why regulations distinguish between "all persons permitted on board" vs. "a percentage of persons" and how that affects capacity requirements.
• Verify in 46 CFR whether life floats or buoyant apparatus must cover all persons permitted or a lower percentage on warm water routes. • Check if inflatable buoyant apparatus are ever listed as a substitute for ring life buoys, or if ring life buoys have their own separate requirement. • Confirm whether the regulation sets a minimum of 50% or 100% capacity for buoyant apparatus on these specific routes.
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