| You are underway in mid-ocean when you hear a distress message. The position of the sender is 150 miles away. No other vessel has acknowledged the distress. Your maximum speed is 5 knots and due to the seriousness of the distress, you cannot arrive on scene to provide effective assistance. What action should you take? |
| A) Transmit a message as though your vessel was in distress. |
| B) Send an urgency message about the distress. |
| C) Do not acknowledge the distress message. |
| D) Use the signal MAYDAY RELAY and transmit the distress message. |
