Orals Revision: Responses to Emergencies (Master 200/OOW 500 Yacht Route)

Orals revision card — Master (code vessels less than 200 GT)/Officer of the Watch (yachts less than 500 GT) Oral Examination Syllabus, Section 2.3 'Responses to Emergencies' (MCA, gov.uk, updated 17 June 2026). Small-vessel/yacht route — a different syllabus from the Unlimited CoC track covered elsewhere in this series.

Initial Actions

• Initial action following man overboard, collision, grounding, flooding or major mechanical damage — including initial damage assessment and control, and protecting the marine environment

Fire

• Fire prevention, use and care of firefighting appliances, shutting down and isolating plant and equipment, escape and breathing apparatus, and fire and safety plans

Lifesaving Appliances

• Use and care of lifesaving appliances and equipment, including immersion suits and thermal protective aids, pyrotechnics and line-throwing apparatus
• Launching liferafts and rescue boats, and the correct rigging of liferaft hydrostatic release units — a specific, testable piece of kit knowledge
• Basic principles of survival