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Chapter 2
Before You Get Underway
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We’ll Discuss:
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Capacity
Float Plan
Pre-Departure Checks
Trailering & Fueling - Safety
Launching and Retrieving
Boating Equipment
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Capacity Plate
Why is this important?
Boats manufactured after March 14, 2011 will show a maximum number of passengers based
on 185 lbs each person on board. The previous standard was 145lbs each.
Regardless of the Capacity Plate,
the actual total number of passengers
MUST NOT EXCEED the total
passenger weight listed on the
Capacity plate.
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Over Loaded
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Capacity Plate
• Over loaded vessels may be
directed to return to the nearest
shore facility.
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Float Plans
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Download at www.FloatPlanCentral.org
• Complete description of boat
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• Emergency contact information
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• Destination and expected return
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• Detailed trip legs
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• Number & Names of passengers
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• Notify plan holder upon return or
change of plans.
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Float Plans
• Download at www.FloatPlanCentral.org
Link from our website
Discussion:
- Who could you give your float plan to?
- What events or situations would you contact the
person that you gave the float plan to?
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PRE-DEPARTURE
CHECKS
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Weather forecast
Charts
Float plan
Brief crew and passengers
Safety checklist
Vessel systems checklist
Plan fuel consumption
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Trailering Your Boat
•1 The right size trailer for the boat
•2 The right tow vehicle
6 winch
tongue
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bunks
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coupler
rollers
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TRAILERING SAFELY
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Grease bearings
Lug bolts tight
Tire pressure
Carry jack, spare tire and tools
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Trailering Your Boat
• Match coupler and ball size
• Maintain proper tongue weight 7-10%
• Too little tongue weight will actually
cause trailer to sway
• Safety chains
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TRAILERING
SAFETY CHAINS
S-Hooks can bounce out if
improperly connected
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TRAILERING SAFELY
Before leaving home
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Secure boat & gear
Tilt and secure boat O/B or outdrive
Inspect hitch and safety chains
Check Brakes
Check Lights
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TRAILERING SAFELY
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STEERING, PASSING,
BACKING A TRAILER
• STEERING
• NO TIGHT TURNS
• STOPPING TAKES EXTRA DISTANCE
• PASSING
• TAKES EXTRA DISTANCE
• BACKING
• HAND ON BOTTOM OF STEERING WHEEL
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On the Road
Turning and cornering wide
• Check rigging periodically
• Carry tools, jack, spare tire,
spare parts, and flares
• Observe speed limits
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Launching Your Boat
• Prepare away from the ramp
• Use a check list. Discuss what would you put on your launch check list
• Transfer equipment and supplies
• Remove tie-downs
• Prepare lines and fenders
• Disconnect Trailer Lights
• Survey the ramp for
obstructions or
overhead power lines
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Launching Your Boat
• Check drain plug before you launch!!!
This owner of this brand new 19’ Center Console learned this lesson the hard way
February 27th, 2011, when his boat sank at the Jacksonville Landing while he was
having lunch.
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Launching Your Boat
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Launching Your Boat
• Back down until boat begins to float
• Start engine and check idle OK
Discuss Why you should start the engine before backing off the trailer
• Release winch line
• Back boat off trailer
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Retrieving Your Boat
• Back in water to top of trailer tires
• Slowly drive the boat onto trailer
• Don’t power onto the trailer.
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Retrieving Your Boat
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Attach the winch line to the bow eye
Shut off the engine
Raise lower unit
Winch boat until the bow rests on the
roller, stay out of direct line of cable.
Discuss why this is important
• Pull trailer out of the water
• Move away from launch ramp
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Retrieving Your Boat
• AFTER RETRIEVING YOUR BOAT.
Move away from the ramp and park
• Remove weeds
• Drain bilge and live wells
• Remove gear and equipment
• Re-attach tie-downs and electric
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Fueling Safely
FUELING PORTABLE TANKS
• Fill portable tanks on dock to keep
vapor in empty tank out of bilge.
• If filling at a service station, put the
tank on the ground
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Fueling Safely
FUELING PORTABLE TANKS
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Avoid Fueling With Ethanol
Ethanol and Boats
Don’t Mix very well. Because
It is likely to sit for a longer
period of time in a boat.
Plastic, and Fiberglass parts
are often damaged
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Avoid Fueling With Ethanol
Over a period of time fuel lines, flexible and rigid,
can crack and cause a dangerous leak which could cause
an explosion. Studies show that ethanol tends to accelerate
fuel line deterioration.
Inspect fuel lines yearly.
Purchase Ethanol Free Fuel
from marinas and gas stations
that advertise “Ethanol Free Fuel”.
(Many Gate Stations have Ethanol free Fuel)
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Fueling Safely
Inboard Tank
To prevent a static spark keep fuel nozzle in constant
metal to metal contact with the filler pipe
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Fueling Safely
FUELING INBOARD TANKS
Fuel Dock Explosions can kill!
Always remove
passengers from the
boat, and reboard only
after refueling is
complete and the
engine(s) restarted.
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Use Your Nose
If you smell gas fumes, don’t start the engine! Investigate first.
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Fueling Safely
FUELING INBOARD TANKS
• Engine should be turned off and do not operate any
electrical switches, including the ignition.
• Keep all doors, ports and hatches closed During Fueling,
and only open them AFTER refueling is complete.
• Hold hose nozzle firmly against fuel fill. Also don't overfill.
• A quick sniff test takes only a few seconds and is the most
effective method for detecting fuel leaks.
• After refueling, ensure engine compartment blower runs
for at least four minutes.
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Fueling Safely
FUELING INBOARD TANKS
Discuss:
Why you should close hatches and port holes before
fueling
Why should you turn off the bilge blower?
Why should ventilate your bilge blower for 4 minutes after
fueling
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Fueling Safely
• 1/3rd RULE
• 1/3rd to go out
• 1/3rd to return
• 1/3rd for safety
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Boating Accessories
These Items Are Not Required By Law
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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
EPIRB (if going off shore)
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Chapter 2 Review
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Review Exercises
• A condition that could result in your
being directed to return to shore:
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the display of navigation lights in daylight.
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• running with your fenders hanging from your
boat.
c• overloading beyond the manufacturer’s
recommended safe loading capacity.
• failure to carry charts of your cruising area.
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Review Exercises
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Relative to the amount of trailer tongue
weight, which of the following statements is
TRUE?
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The amount of weight on the coupler ball makes no
difference.
b• Too little weight on the coupler ball will cause the
trailer to sway back and forth.
c • Too little weight on the coupler ball will raise the rear
of the tow vehicle off the ground.
d• You can change the weight on the coupler ball, by
changing the size of the ball.
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Review Exercises
• Trailer winch cables and straps can
snap. Be sure to:
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stand close by and watch the winch operation
carefully.
b• tape up any winch cable that has broken
strands.
c• stay out of direct line with a winch cable or
strap.
d• release the ratchet on the winch handle.
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Review Exercises
• When launching a sailboat with the
mast raised at a launch area:
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be careful not to tip the boat off the trailer.
b• use a halyard to pull it off the trailer.
c• just as on the water, a sailboat has priority
privileges.
d• be certain that no overhead electrical wires
come close to or in contact with the mast or
rigging.
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Review Exercises
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In addition to keeping the pump nozzle in
constant metal-to-metal contact with the filler
pipe, an important safety instruction to follow
when refilling portable fuel tanks is to:
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always use approved yellow marine safety tanks.
b• take them out of the boat and fill them on the dock.
c• use only approved safety tanks and fill them inside
the boat.
d• step carefully onto the gunwale when carrying full
tanks on board.
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Review Exercises
• It is important that the trailer have
sufficient weight-carrying ability to:
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hold the boat, gear, and all passengers in it
when on the road.
b• keep the trailer on the road surface when
traveling at very high speeds.
c• carry just the weight of the boat.
d• support the boat, motor, fuel, and all gear you
plan to carry when on the road.
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Review Exercises
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To avoid running out of fuel, determine the
usable capacity of your fuel tank and your
boat’s rate of fuel consumption, and then:
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bring extra fuel in easy-to-pour containers such as
plastic milk jugs.
b• plan to use 1/3 of the fuel to reach your destination,
1/3 to get home, and 1/3 for emergencies.
c• plan on enough fuel to get to the next fuel dock.
d• plan on ½ of the tank to reach your destination and ½
of the tank to get home.
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Review Exercises
• A float plan includes a description of
your boat, who is on board, and, most
importantly:
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the name of your radio operator.
b• where you expect to be and when you expect
to return.
c• the draft of your boat.
d• what mechanical equipment on your boat is
not in the best condition.
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Any Questions?
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End Chapter 2
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