1. Equipment For Your Boat
Chapter 2
Equipment For Your Boat
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Lesson Objectives
Safety equipment required on your boat
Recommended safety equipment
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3. Requirements for Your Boat
Registered vessel
State of principle use
Documented vessel
5 tons or more
Foreign travel
U.S. citizen
US Coast Guard
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4. Requirements for Your Boat
Numbering
Forward half of
bow
Placement of
State decal
Varies by state
At right or left
Toward stern
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5. Requirements for Your Boat
Hull Identification Number
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6. Requirements for Your Boat
Capacity plate
Manufacturer’s Certificate of Compliance (boats less than 20 feet)
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7. Requirements for Your Boat
Length of boats
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8. Fire Prevention and Detection
What is best way to detect gas fumes?
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9. Fire Prevention and Detection
What are the differences between natural & powered ventilation systems?
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10. Fire Prevention and Detection
Backfire Flame Arresters
Inboard, enclosed gas engines
Operation
Keep clean
Locating gas fumes
Detector (nose)
Location (heavier than air)
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11. Fire Prevention and Detection
Carbon Monoxide
Primary source when boating
Engines, especially generators
Prevention
Turn off engines when activities at stern
Install detector
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Fire Extinguishers
What boats are required to have fire extinguishers?
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Fire Extinguishers
All boats with inboard engines
Enclosed living space
Closed compartments where gas or combustible/flammable materials can be stored
Permanent fuel tanks
Length of 26’ or more
Some boats with double bottoms
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14. No Fixed Fire Ext. System
Fire Extinguishers
Length of Vessel
No Fixed Fire Ext. System
Fixed Fire Ext. System
Less than 26’
26’ thru 39’
40’ to 65’
1 B-1
2 B-1 or 1 B11
3 B-1 or 1 B-1 and 1 B’11
None
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Fire Extinguishers
What are the elements of a fire?
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Types of Fires
Class A – wood, paper, cloth
Class B – oil, grease, gas
Class C - electrical
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Fire Extinguishers
What materials are in a fire extinguisher?
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Fire Extinguishers
dry chemicals
Sodium Bicarbonate – when heated decomposes, absorbs heat and releases CO2 & steam
aqueous foam
Smothers fire by coating with foam
halon
Fixed systems
Liquid flashes to gas that inhibits combustion chain reaction
Can cause asphyxiation
Can degrade stratospheric ozone
carbon dioxide
Liquid flashes to cold gas & ‘snow’
Excludes Oxygen & snuffs fire
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Fire Extinguishers
Must be Coast Guard approved
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Fire Extinguishers
Care and Treatment
Name three things to check
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Fire Extinguishers
Proper pressure
Compacted dry chemicals
Condition of container & hoses
Safety locking pins in place
Inspection tag on carbon dioxide, halon, and FE-241 extinguishers.
Readily available
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Fire Extinguishers 1 2 3 4 5
How to use a fire extinguisher
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Life Jackets
Must be Coast Guard approved
Must fit properly
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Type I Life Jacket
22 pounds of flotation
Will turn most unconscious people face up
Acceptable on all recreational and commercial vessels
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Type II Life Jacket
15.5 pounds flotation
Will turn most unconscious people face up
Acceptable on all recreational boats
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Type III Life Jacket
15.5 pounds flotation
Many special designs for water sports
Acceptable on all recreational boats
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Type IV Device
Designed to be thrown, not worn
Must have as an additional device for boats 16 feet or longer
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28. Type V Flotation Device
Special use – must be worn whenever vessel is underway to be legal
Hybrid – buoyant and inflatable
Expensive
OLD ones must be worn while underway
Available as Type I, II & III counterparts
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Life Jackets
Legal requirements
Coast Guard approved
One on board for each person
Readily accessible
Type IV must be at hand
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Life Jackets
General considerations
Practice getting into water wearing PFD
Non-swimmers wear all the time when aboard
Inspect lifesaving equipment frequently
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Life Jackets
Care
Store in well-ventilated place
Do not use as a cushion or fender
Check covers for breakdown
Check condition of straps and hardware
For inflatables…follow manufacturer’s recommendations
Do not store in original wrapping
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32. Sound Producing Devices
Installed power horns
Portable air horns
Whistle
Hailer
Bell
Inland, Vessels over 39.4 feet
International, Vessels over 65.7’
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33. Visual Distress Signals
Day – Night
Pyrotechnic – Non-pyrotechnic
Coastal waters – Inland waters
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VDS – Non-Pyrotechnic
Day
Night
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VDS – Pyrotechnic
Daytime
Smoke
Dye
Night time
Hand held flares
Aerial flares
Remember
Keep dry
Use only when can be seen
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36. Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD)
Must be Coast Guard certified type I, II, or III (A & B)
Look for pump out station symbol
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37. Emergency Position – Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)
What are advantages?
Can be rented
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Additional Equipment
Anchor and line
Spare parts and tool kit
Compass and charts
Radio, VHF-FM marine
Docking lines
First aid kit
Water for emergencies
Flashlight
Spare bulbs
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39. Skipper’s Responsibilities
Responsible for
Safety of crew
Safety of boat
Damage from your wake
Remember the 3 C’s
Caution
Courtesy
Common sense
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Alcohol and Drugs
What are the effects when boating?
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Speed Regulations
Safe speed on water
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42. State and Local Regulations
PWC regulations
Which ones to be familiar with
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PWC regulations
Kill switch on PWC
Speed and wake regs
operator license
rear view mirror
towing a skier
age requirements for operating a vessel
PWC ops requirements
No lights; no operation at night
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44. Law Enforcement / Homeland Security
Boardings
Homeland Security
WATCH
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Pollution Control
Oil Pollution Act
Discharge of Oil Placard
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Dumping Regulations
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