| Your vessel has just received a distress message. As the master of the vessel, when are you relieved of your obligation to assist in the search and rescue operations? |
| A) if your vessel is one of two vessels that has been requisitioned for assistance by the Rescue Coordination Center |
| B) if your vessel's time schedule conflicts with rendering assistance |
| C) if you are informed by the persons in distress or by the master of another on scene vessel that assistance is no longer required |
| D) if your vessel does not have a fast rescue boat or a motorized lifeboat readily available |
