Carver 33 SUPER SPORT, Owner'S Manual

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OATING
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AFETY
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ECTION
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Check and maintain fire extinguishing equipment in accordance with its
manufacturer’s recommendations. Be sure to replace fire fighting equip-
ment, if expired or discharged, by devices of identical or greater fire fighting
capacity.
1.4.7 Recommended Equipment
In addition to required equipment, you may want to carry the following:
• Spare anchor
• Heaving line
• Fenders
• Flashlight
• Mirror
• Suntan lotion
• Spare propeller(s)
• Tool kit
• Ring buoy
• Navigational charts
• Mooring lines
• Binoculars
• Spare parts
• Spare pump.
1.5 Owner’s Responsibilities
There are several areas you must have knowledge of to operate your boat in
a safe, responsible manner.
1.5.1 Safe Boating Courses
Your local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadrons offer
comprehensive safe boating classes several times a year. You may contact
the Boat/U.S. Foundation at 1-800-336-BOAT (2628) or, in Virginia, at 1-
800-245-BOAT (2628). For a course schedule in your area you may also
contact your local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or Power Squadron Flotilla
for the time and place of their next scheduled class.
Carver also recommends that you read Chapman’s Piloting, Seamanship
and Small Boat Handling for further information on how to handle your
boat in various situations.
1.5.2 Rules of the Road
Navigating a boat responsibly requires you to comply with a set of rules
intended to prevent accidents. Just as you assume other car drivers know
what they are doing, other boaters assume you know what you are doing.
As a responsible boater, you must comply with the marine traffic rules
enforced by the U.S. Coast Guard. There are two sets of rules: the United