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within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circum-
stances and conditions.
REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT
As the owner of the boat, you are responsible for sup-
plying all required safety equipment. Check state and
local regulations and call the U.S Coast Guard Boating
Safety Hotline at 1(800) 368-5647 for information
about required safety equipment. You should also con-
sider supplying additional equipment recommended
for your safety and that of your passengers. Make
yourself aware of its availability and its use. Some
states and local agencies require equipment that is not
required by the U.S Coast Guard. Your local agency or
dealer can provide specific information regarding these
non-standard requirements.
Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs)
United State Coast Guard (USCG) approved wearable
personal flotation devices of type I,II,III or IV must be
on board your boat. The PFDs must be a suitable size
for each person aboard and shall be in serviceable con-
dition and readily accessible.
PDF TYPE I, WEARABLE
This PDF has the greatest requires buoyancy. Its
design allows for turning most unconscious person
in the water from face down position to a vertical
or slightly backward position. Type I is most effec-
tive for all waters, especially offshore when rescue
may be delayed.
PDF TYPE II, WEARABLE
Type II turns it's wearer the same as Type I, but the
turning action is not as pronounced as Type I. The
Type II will not turn as many persons under same
conditions as a Type I.
PDF Type III, WEARABLE
Type III allows the wearers to place themselves in
a vertical or slightly backward position. Type III
has the same buoyancy as a Type II PFD. It has lit-
tle or no turning ability.
PFD TYPE IV, THROWABLE
(REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE
MENTIONED PFDs) The PFD Type IV can be
thrown to a person in the water, grasped and held
by the user until rescued. The design does not
allow for it to be worn. The most common Type IV
PDFs are a buoy. The throw able Type IV PFD
shall be immediately available for use and in serv-
iceable condition.
Fire Extinguishers
All class 1 (16 to 26 feet) powerboats are required to
carry one [1] B-I type hand portable fire extinguisher.
All hand portable fire extinguishers should be mount-
ed in readily accessible location, and away from the
engine compartment. All persons aboard should know
the location and proper operation of the fire extin-
guisher(s).
If your fire extinguisher has a charge indicator gauge,
or hot weather may have an effect on the gauge read-
ing. Consult the instruction manual supplied with the
fire extinguisher to determine the accuracy of the
gauge.
Visual Distress Signal Devices
Visual Distress Signal Devices are required and may be
of the pyrotechnic or non-pyrotechnic type. The regu-
lation requires all recreational boats when used on
coastal waters, which includes the Great Lakes, territo-
rial seas and those waters directly connected to the
Great Lakes and the territorial seas, up to a point where
the waters are less than two miles wide, and the boats
owned in the United States when operating on the high
seas, to be equipped with visual distress signal devices.
Pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic equipment must be
U.S coast Guard approved, in serviceable condition
and stowed in a readily accessible location. Equipment
providing a date for serviceable life must be within the
specified useage as labeled.
Pyrotechnic Equipment
Pyrotechnic U.S Coats Guard approved visual distress
signals and associated equipment include:
> Red flares, hand held or aerial
> Orange smoke, hand held or floating
> Launchers for aerial red meteors or parachute
flares
Non-Pyrotechnic Equipment
> Orange distress flag
> Electric distress light
No single signaling device is flawless under all pur-
poses. Consideration should be given to possessing
various stowage of the equipment is very IMPOR-
TANT if young children are frequently aboard.
Sound Signaling Device
All class 1 (16 to 26 feet) powerboats are required to
cry a hand, mouth or power operated horn or whistle.
It must produce a blast of two-second duration and
