USCG COXSWAIN UPDATED END OF COURSE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Definition of SAR - ✔✔Prevent death or injury to persons and loss or damage to
property in the marine environment
✔✔Hydrolics - ✔✔Port- steering, bucket, interceptors
Starboard-reverse, interceptors
9 gallons 1 filter
✔✔Safe towing speed - ✔✔Square root of the length at the waterline (feet) * 1.34 -
10%= (knots)
✔✔Statutory authority for SAR - ✔✔Promote safety on, over, under high seas
✔✔2 SAR program goals - ✔✔Prevent death/injury
Prevent loss/damage to property
✔✔3 objectives for SAR program - ✔✔Minimize loss
Minimize crew risk
Maximize resources
✔✔MSAP (Martime SAR assistance policy of 1982) - ✔✔Can prevent a situation from
worsening
Prevent complete loss of a vessel
Can assist salvage company
✔✔Datum - ✔✔Most probable location, corrected for drift over a given period of time.
✔✔Length overall 45 - ✔✔44'9"
✔✔Beam overall 45 - ✔✔14'8"
✔✔Free board
Bow=
Amidships=
Aft= - ✔✔4'9"
1'11"
2' 11"
✔✔Draft - ✔✔3'4"
, ✔✔Highest fixed point - ✔✔13'1"
✔✔Highest unfixed - ✔✔20'9"
✔✔Weight with crew - ✔✔37,540
✔✔Max POB - ✔✔24@210lbs
✔✔Bulge pumps - ✔✔2000g/h or 33g/m
✔✔Fire extinguishers - ✔✔4, 5lbs dry chem
✔✔Vessels moment - ✔✔The force that causes a vessel to return to an even keel
✔✔SAR authority - ✔✔Title 14, sections 2,88,and 141 of US code.
Coast guard shall develop, establish, maintain, And operate SAR facilities, and may
render aid to distressed persons and protect and save property on or under high seas
and waters subject to jurisdiction of the CG
✔✔Coxswain leaving vessel - ✔✔In coxswains judgement, after careful consideration of
the remaining crew members, the operational benefits clearly outweigh the risks
✔✔Gar - ✔✔1-23 green
23-44 Amber
45-60 red
✔✔2 geographic areas of cg responsibility for SAR - ✔✔Atlantic area(LANT)
Pacific area (PAC)
✔✔PPE weather - ✔✔Water and air below 50=dry suit
Water or air below 50=mustang
Water above 60=type 3
✔✔Track spacing
Good weather= winds less than 15kts and seas less than 3feet
Bad weather=winds greater than or equal to 15kts and seas greater than or equal to
3feet - ✔✔PIW=good conditions .1 NM, bad conditions .1 NM
Object less than 15 feet in size= good weather .5NM, bad weather .2NM
Object greater than or equal to 15feet= good weather 1NM, bad weather .5NM
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Definition of SAR - ✔✔Prevent death or injury to persons and loss or damage to
property in the marine environment
✔✔Hydrolics - ✔✔Port- steering, bucket, interceptors
Starboard-reverse, interceptors
9 gallons 1 filter
✔✔Safe towing speed - ✔✔Square root of the length at the waterline (feet) * 1.34 -
10%= (knots)
✔✔Statutory authority for SAR - ✔✔Promote safety on, over, under high seas
✔✔2 SAR program goals - ✔✔Prevent death/injury
Prevent loss/damage to property
✔✔3 objectives for SAR program - ✔✔Minimize loss
Minimize crew risk
Maximize resources
✔✔MSAP (Martime SAR assistance policy of 1982) - ✔✔Can prevent a situation from
worsening
Prevent complete loss of a vessel
Can assist salvage company
✔✔Datum - ✔✔Most probable location, corrected for drift over a given period of time.
✔✔Length overall 45 - ✔✔44'9"
✔✔Beam overall 45 - ✔✔14'8"
✔✔Free board
Bow=
Amidships=
Aft= - ✔✔4'9"
1'11"
2' 11"
✔✔Draft - ✔✔3'4"
, ✔✔Highest fixed point - ✔✔13'1"
✔✔Highest unfixed - ✔✔20'9"
✔✔Weight with crew - ✔✔37,540
✔✔Max POB - ✔✔24@210lbs
✔✔Bulge pumps - ✔✔2000g/h or 33g/m
✔✔Fire extinguishers - ✔✔4, 5lbs dry chem
✔✔Vessels moment - ✔✔The force that causes a vessel to return to an even keel
✔✔SAR authority - ✔✔Title 14, sections 2,88,and 141 of US code.
Coast guard shall develop, establish, maintain, And operate SAR facilities, and may
render aid to distressed persons and protect and save property on or under high seas
and waters subject to jurisdiction of the CG
✔✔Coxswain leaving vessel - ✔✔In coxswains judgement, after careful consideration of
the remaining crew members, the operational benefits clearly outweigh the risks
✔✔Gar - ✔✔1-23 green
23-44 Amber
45-60 red
✔✔2 geographic areas of cg responsibility for SAR - ✔✔Atlantic area(LANT)
Pacific area (PAC)
✔✔PPE weather - ✔✔Water and air below 50=dry suit
Water or air below 50=mustang
Water above 60=type 3
✔✔Track spacing
Good weather= winds less than 15kts and seas less than 3feet
Bad weather=winds greater than or equal to 15kts and seas greater than or equal to
3feet - ✔✔PIW=good conditions .1 NM, bad conditions .1 NM
Object less than 15 feet in size= good weather .5NM, bad weather .2NM
Object greater than or equal to 15feet= good weather 1NM, bad weather .5NM
