USCG-MASTER100-L3.2
Vessel systems and the master's inspections
USCG-MASTER100-M3 · Deck General (exam module Q160) · USCG-MASTER100-M3-A Stability, vessel systems and the master's inspections, and weather. 50 questions at 70%.
Nobody is coming to check your boat before you sail. On an inspected vessel the Coast Guard checks her once a year; on the other 364 days the master is the inspection. That is not a figure of speech — it is where the legal responsibility actually sits.
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