🔍 Key Concepts

• Owner/Master responsibility for towing vessel safety under 46 CFR • When federal rules usually require tests/inspections: by watch, by day, or before a voyage • The logic behind checking critical towing gear relative to voyage length and risk

💭 Think About

• Think about which schedule (daily, weekly, each watch, or before certain voyages) is most realistic and specifically tied to a regulation, not just what "sounds" safest • Ask yourself: when does it make the most sense, from a safety and regulatory standpoint, to confirm that winches, wires, and towing gear are ready for heavy, continuous use? • Eliminate any answer choices that set an inspection time based only on a clock time (e.g., 0000 Sunday or 1200 local) rather than on an operational event or condition.

✅ Before You Answer

• Which option is tied to starting a voyage of a certain minimum duration, rather than an arbitrary time of day or watch change? • Which choice best matches how regulations are often written: tied to operations and risk level (voyage length, sea time) rather than to a specific clock time? • Verify that the option you choose could reasonably be found as a single sentence in 46 CFR without needing extra conditions or explanations.