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USCG Exam Practice · Passing distance and CPA from chart plot

When determining safe speed, a vessel equipped with operational radar must additionally consider which of the following factors NOT required of vessels without radar?

  1. AThe state of wind, sea, and current
  2. BThe traffic density including concentration of fishing vessels
  3. CThe possibility that small vessels, ice, and other floating objects may not be detected by radar at an adequate range✓ correct
  4. DThe draft in relation to the available depth of water

Why C is correct

33 CFR §83.06(b)(iv) lists the possibility that small vessels, ice, and other floating objects may not be detected by radar at an adequate range as a factor applicable only to vessels with operational radar. Options A, B, and D are all factors listed under §83.06(a), which apply to all vessels.

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