Parts of Your Boat

• Bow - front end
• Helm - steering
• Stern - rear
• Transom - back where engine mounted
• Port - left side
• Starboard - right side
• Hull - bottom and sides

Review Your BOAT PARTS

1. HELM

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2.STARBOARD

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3. PORT

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Review Your BOAT PARTS

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4. BOW

5. HULL

6. STERN

7. TRANSOM

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Life Jackets

• One life jacket required for each person aboard.
• One throwable floatation device is required >16 ft.
• USCG approved
• Readily Accessible
• Fit the intended user

Life Jacket Types

• Type 1 Offshore
• It will turn an unconscious person face up.
• Type 2 Nearshore
• It will sometimes turn an unconscious person face up.
• Type III Flotation Aid
• Designed for calm water and comfort, but won’t keep the wearer’s face out of water.
• Some are approved for high impact use by waterskiers or with personal watercraft

Life Jacket Types

• Type IV Throwable
• Designed to be thrown to a person in the water but not to be worn.
• Tie a line to it.
• Type V devices
• For special purposes
• Include float coats, deck suits, pullover vests, work vests, swimwear, etc.

Lifejacket �One Minute Mystery

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Kathy was wearing her PFD and skiing along happily behind Lindy’s boat when she suddenly took a fall. Kathy tumbled about and, because her PFD came up over her eyes, lost track of which way was up. What was wrong that gave Kathy this problem?

Life Jacket �One Minute Mystery Answer

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• Kathy’s PFD didn’t fit as snuggly as it should.
• When she hit the water hard, it moved from where it belonged on her body to a position up over her eyes.
• This is why your PFD should fit properly.

Float Plan

• Before leaving home, leave a float plan with your family or a friend.
• It should, at minimum, tell where you will be and when you will return.

Trimming

• Your boat should be trimmed for a safe and good ride.
• the people and equipment should be placed so that the boat is balanced in all directions.

Capacity Plate

• Allowed number of people,
• Max weight of people,
• Max weight of people and equipment
• Max horsepower for the engine

Safety Equipment

DISTRESS

FLAG

FIRE

EXTINGUISHER

HORN

PFD

LIFE JACKET

ANCHOR

FIRST AID KIT

PADDLE

SUNGLASSES

SUNSCREEN

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Distress Signals

• Flag or orange smoke for day
• Flares at night
• Universal distress signal is to wave both arms up and down!

Distress Signals �One Minute Mystery

It was an eerie feeling for Brandy and Marcus when their engine quit running. With no one in sight, they felt quite alone! Marcus wanted to send up a distress flare. Brandy said no, wait a bit! Who was right? Why did Brandy want to wait?

Distress Signals �One Minute Mystery Answer

• Brandy was right!
• Always wait to send up distress flares until you can see someone near by who will see you.

Fire Extinguishers

• U.S. Coast Guard approved fire extinguishers are required on boats where a fire hazard could be expected from the motors or fuel systems.

Fire Extinguishers

• Type A puts out wood/paper fires;
• Type B (required on a boat!) puts
• out gasoline and oil fires;
• Type C extinguishes electrical fires.
• Carry Type B or BC on board

Fire Extinguishers

• Your boat’s length determines the size and number to carry.
• The boat’s design and power determines whether a fire extinguisher is required.

Sound-producing Device

• A sound-producing device is required.
• A whistle or horn is most often used.

Navigation Lights

• WHEN?
• Show between sunset and sunrise or reduced visibility.

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Navigation Lights

• Sailboats and motorboats
• red sidelight on port
• green sidelight on starboard
• white stern light facing rear.

Navigation Lights

• Also for motorboats masthead light -white light facing forward above the sidelights.
• small boats, often combine all white into one ‘all-around white light’ at the stern.

Navigation Lights

• A sailboat, while using an engine, is considered a motorboat and must be lighted as a motorboat.

Navigation Lights

• A very small boat propelled only by sail or by oars can carry a lantern light (as its only light) to be used when another boat is near.

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Navigation Lights �One Minute Mystery

• In the picture, what light will you see when you face the motorboat that you will not see when you face the sailboat?

Navigation Lights �One Minute Mystery Answer

• The white “masthead” light

Personal Watercraft

• Short boats with jet engines
• Don�’t need navigation lights when operated between sunrise and sunset.

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Personal Watercraft

• Wear USCG approved Life Jackets with label stating use with PWC or 50 mph dynamic testing.

• Many Type III Flotations are approved for water-skiers or with PWC (check the label).

Personal Watercraft

• Must carry a sound-producing device, fire extinguisher, and the safety� lanyard must be attached to the operator.

• Without throttle, there is no steering since a jet of water both propels and steers the boat.

Personal Watercraft �One Minute Mystery

• The first day Mattie and Carlos were riding their PWC together, a boat came by which made a great wake. They crossed it on the fly! In the process, they nearly collided with another PWC! What went wrong?

Personal Watercraft �One Minute Mystery Answer

• It was good that Mattie and Carlos rode together because they could watch out for each other.
• First, it may be illegal to make their PWC become airborn while crossing the wake of the boat.
• Second, they should have kept a better lookout.
• Third, they probably let off the throttle which meant that they had no steering when they landed in the water.
• This is how many collisions occur!

Navigation

• Good steering is most needed in narrow places or near other boats.
• With cars, we speak of one car having right of way.�
• With motorboats we speak of one boat being �stand-on� and the other being �give-way.�

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Navigation

Navigation

• �Stand-on� means that the motorboat will keep going in the same direction with the same speed as before the other motorboat came near.
• �Give-way� means that the motorboat will change direction and also change speed so that it can stay clear or behind the other motorboat.

Navigation

• �Meeting: Each motorboat turns away from the other, usually to starboard (right), unless there is an obstacle.

Navigation

• �Passing: The motorboat doing the passing is �give-way,� the one being passed is �stand-on.�
• The motorboat doing the passing can see the other motorboat the best.
• The one being passed might not even know that the other motorboat is near.

Navigation

• Crossing: The �stand-on� motorboat is to the right of the other (and sees a green sidelight).
• The light which the �give-way� motorboat can see is red.

Navigation �One Minute Mystery

• Tom and Annie were out for a cruise in their 18 ft. ski boat when a PWC passed them from the rear and cut in front of them. Tom knew that they were the “stand-on” vessel but in order to prevent an accident, he acted as if they were the “give-way” vessel.
• Was he right about being “stand-on?”
• Was he right to become the “give-way” vessel?

Navigation �One Minute Mystery Answer

• When a boat passes another, the passing boat is always the “give-way” boat.
• However, if an accident is likely, a boat that is supposed to be a “stand-on” should become “give-way”.
• Tom did the right thing!

Navigation Aids

• Red (nun) and green (can) buoys are navigational aids on the water which mark sides of a channel (lane where water is deep for boats).

• �red, right, returning�
• red buoys are to starboard when returning �from sea� (meaning from open water).

Navigation Aids

• Red/white vertically striped buoys mark safe water and are placed in the middle of a channel of water.

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Navigation Aids

• White buoys with orange markings give information or regulate where boats may go.
• Diamond means danger;
• diamond with cross means keep out;
• circles mark controlled areas and
• squares contain information.

Navigation Aids �One Minute Mystery

• What is the preferred route for the boat in this diagram to get to Point A and why?

Navigation Aids �One Minute Mystery Answer

• The boat should go between the red and green buoys because they mark the edges of the channel where the helmsman can be sure the water will be deep enough for the boat.
• Any white marker with orange markings should be looked at carefully, it may warn of danger or tell the operator what to do.

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO

• Learn to swim! It�’s fun, healthy and safe! Always swim with a buddy and where there is adult supervision.
• Even if you swim well, do not swim to rescue a friend who appears to be in trouble. This has caused a lot of �extra� drownings.

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO

• Only trained lifeguards know how to rescue a person while swimming!

• To help someone in the water, hold on to something so you won’�t be pulled in, then reach to the person with a shirt, rod, or other object.

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO

• If you can�’t reach, throw a line, life jacket or anything that floats. Tie a rope to it before you throw it!

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO

• If you can�’t throw something to the person, find some one to row out to make the rescue.

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• Don�’t go in the water to rescue anyone unless you are a trained lifeguard!

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO�One Minute Mystery

Michelle and her five-year old brother, Austin, were standing on the dock watching a distant boat when suddenly Michelle heard a splash! She looked around to see Austin splashing about in water over his head. On the dock were an oar, a ring buoy and the family canoe. How could Michelle best help Austin?

Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t GO�One Minute Mystery Answer

• Since he is close to the dock, reach to him with the oar or throw the ring buoy to him.
• Don’t swim to him and don’t go to him in the canoe.

Cold Water

• Falling overboard or having your boat capsize are life threatening because of hypothermia
• Hypothermia is when the body core temperature drops below normal.

• Always wear your life jacket for activities around cold water.

1 – 10 – 1 Rule

• 1 minute – count from 1o to calm breathing
• 10 minutes – meaningful activity such as self rescue or signaling
• 1 hour or more – slowing heat loss to extend consciousness and survival time

Cold Water

• If your boat capsizes, try to get up on the boat, out of the water
• Water takes heat from you 25 times as fast as air does.

Cold Water

• If alone, place your arms across your chest and draw your knees up to your chest to conserve body heat.

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heat

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Cold Water

• If several people are in the water, huddle together to share body heat.

Cold Water �One Minute Mystery

• Wearing his PFD, Russ took his Labrador retriever hunting on a beautiful day in his small flat-bottom boat. He shot a duck and sent his lab to retrieve it, not realizing that when the dog jumped from the boat it would capsize. Russ is in water over his head wondering what to do and you are in a nearby ski boat. How could you help him?

Cold Water�One Minute Mystery Answer

• Have Russ climb up on his boat to get out of the cold water.
• Come along the transom of his capsized boat with your boat and bring him into the boat.
• The two of you can bring in the dog across the transom of your boat.

Alcohol and Boating Don’t Mix

• Just as it is illegal to drive a car �while under the influence� of alcohol, it is also illegal to operate a boat �while under the influence� of alcohol.

Alcohol and Boating Don’t Mix

• Drinking alcoholic beverages while operating a boat cause a lot of accidents.

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• It takes very little alcohol to make a person
• less watchful
• slower reflexes when reacting to situations like crossing boat traffic.
• It also results in poorer judgement.

Alcohol and Boating Don’t Mix

Drinking alcohol

Slows

reflexes and causes poorer

Judgement .

Alcohol and Boating Don’t Mix

• Draw an X across the alcoholic beverages in this picture

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• Circle the drinks that are good to take on a boating trip.

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Proper Lookout

• Watching for people, boats and other obstacles in the water is very important!
• This is called keeping a proper lookout. Most boating collisions are caused by inattention.

One Minute Mystery

Dan was out boating with friends. The helmsman had had a few beers and didn’t notice a downed water-skier in the water. Dan saved the day when he yelled at the helmsman to turn the boat. What problem did the helmsman likely have? What was Dan doing so that he knew he should turn the boat? What should Dan do next?

One Minute Mystery Answer

• The helmsman was probably under the influence of alcohol so that his judgement was poor and his reflexes slowed.
• Dan was keeping a proper lookout so he knew they were likely to hit the skier.
• After they stop the boat, Dan should take the helm.

What is Wrong With This Picture?

Pick Up Your Litter

• Litter can be dangerous to fish and other wildlife as well as boats.
• Always remember to put trash where it belongs and to take care of your environment.

Pick Up Your Litter

• Draw a line to the items that belong in the trash to the trash can.
• Draw a line to the objects that belong in the ocean to the water.

Boating Safety Crossword Puzzle

Words Across

• 1. Where an outboard engine is attached to a boat
• TRANSOM
• 4. The steering area of a boat where the helmsman (boat operator) sits
• HELM
• 5. The type of light that faces forward and is found on a motorboat but not on a boat under sail
• MASTHEAD

Words Across

• 6. A deep lane of water between red and green buoys
• CHANNEL
• 10. A nighttime distress-signaling device
• FLARE
• 12. The sides and bottom of a boat, attached to its ribs
• HULL

Words Across

• 13. Government agency that must give approval on PFDs and fire extinguishers
• US COAST GUARD
• 16. The right side of the boat as seen when facing forward
• STARBOARD
• 18. Boat turned upside down
• CAPSIZE

Words Across

• 20. The forward part of a boat
• BOW
• 21. Green buoy floating aid to navigation marking left side of channel when returning from sea (two words)
• CAN BUOY

Words Across

• 23. The left side of the boat as seen when facing forward
• PORT
• 24. Means that a boat should continue with same speed and direction
• STAND-ON

Words Down

• 2. Always learn to do this if you will be playing near or in water or if you will be boating
• SWIM
• 3. “_____ watercraft” are small boats which cannot be steered when power is off
• PERSONAL
• 7. A device to make noise when on a boat
• HORN

Words Down

• 8. One is to “keep a proper ______” when operating a
• boat so as not to hit anything
• LOOKOUT
• 9. _______ to rescue a person who is in distress in the

water (so long as you can keep from being pulled in)

REACH

• 10. A distress _______ is orange with a black circle and square, used for daytime distress signal
• FLAG

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Words Down

• 11. Two boats in each other’s paths at right angles (as cars at an intersection)
• CROSSING
• 12. The lowering of the core body temperature below normal
• HYPOTHERMIA
• 14. Means that a boat is required to stay clear of and go behind another boat
• GIVE-WAY

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Words Down

• 15. To place people and equipment in a boat so that it is balanced in every direction
• TRIM
• 17. The color of a sidelight found on the port side of a boat
• RED
• 18. “_______ plate” tells maximum load to be carried in a boat
• CAPACITY

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Words Down

• 19. Personal flotation device, life jacket
• PFD
• 20. Type of fire extinguisher that puts out gasoline and oil fires (one letter answer)
• B
• 22. Red buoy marking channel on right when returning from sea (two words)
• NUN BUOY

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