🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR Subchapter M requirements for towing vessels • Owner/Master responsibilities when required navigational safety equipment is not operating properly • Difference between a single required action and a combination of required actions when equipment fails

💭 Think About

• Think about whether the regulations usually require just recording a failure, just fixing a failure, or both plus an operational decision when safety equipment is involved. • Ask yourself: when something critical to navigation fails, does the Master only deal with paperwork, only with repairs, or also with whether it is safe to keep going? • Consider how the Coast Guard expects a prudent Master to respond in real time when equipment that helps prevent collisions or groundings stops working.

✅ Before You Answer

• Check whether the regulation mentions log/record entries, repairs, and operational decisions about proceeding all together in the same paragraph. • Verify if the wording in the rule is closer to any single choice (A, B, or C) or if it lists multiple required actions when equipment fails. • Confirm that the requirement applies specifically to required navigational safety equipment on towing vessels under Subchapter M, not just any minor piece of gear.