Question 398Deck Safety70% to pass
What should you do, if help has not arrived in 10-12 hours, after having abandoned your vessel in a survival craft?
AI Explanation
The correct answer is A) Shut down the engines and put out the sea anchor.
The reasoning for this is that once you have abandoned your vessel and are in a survival craft, the priority is to conserve resources and wait for rescue, rather than trying to navigate to land on your own. Shutting down the engines and deploying the sea anchor will help stabilize the craft and conserve fuel, which is crucial if help has not arrived within 10-12 hours. The other options, such as voting on a direction or running the engines until the fuel runs out, would be less advisable in this situation and could waste valuable resources before rescue arrives.
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