🔍 Key Concepts

• Certificate of Inspection (COI) requirements for small passenger vessels in 46 CFR Subchapter T • What information is normally printed on a COI (operations, equipment, and management details) • Difference between specific items listed and an option that combines them

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Does a COI only cover operational restrictions, or does it also specify required lifesaving and fire‑fighting equipment? • Consider whether the Coast Guard would want the managing operator’s identity on a document that controls how the vessel may legally operate. • Think about past COIs or sample COIs you’ve seen: what broad categories of information were included?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check whether special operating conditions (routes, seasons, weather limits, etc.) are part of the COI. • Check whether the COI lists minimum required equipment (fire extinguishers, lifejackets, survival/rescue craft). • Check whether the COI must show the name of the managing operator in addition to owner/master information.