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CHAPTER 7
Enjoying Water Sports With Your Boat
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
TO YOUR PASSENGERS
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Location of safety equipment
Location & use of PFDs
Local laws and regulations
Safety procedures
How to signal for help or use the marine
radio
• Risks of drinking alcoholic beverages
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
OTHER OPERATORS
• Responsible for others who operate
your boat or PWC:
• Meet legal age & education requirements
• Know basic boating safety & navigation
rules
• Know how to use ignition safety switch
lanyard
• Know importance of observing “idle speed”
or “slow-no wake” restriction
• Understand the importance of staying alert
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PWC OPERATORS
• Ensure that PWC operators know:
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PWC is a boat, subject to same rules.
How to steer & control the PWC
How to use safety lanyards
To look around before turning
To take first ride in uncongested area.
Deepwater righting & re-boarding.
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SWIMMING
• Boaters should be alert near designated swimming
areas
• Swimmers should not swim outside these
areas
• Watch out for inflatable toys
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SWIMMING
• Swimmers should
• Be aware of current
• Never dive into an unknown
depth or
swim alone
• Know how to
reboard boat
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DIVING &
SNORKELING
• Boaters:
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Be able to recognize “diver down” flag
Watch for bubbles breaking surface
300 ft offshore,
100 ft in shore
• Divers:
• Always fly “diver down” flag
• Avoid overloading
• Anchor from
bow
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WATER SKIING
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Observer or Wide angle mirror (Required in Florida).
Review hand signals.
Skier wearing appropriate PFD.
Know location of local hazards, shallow
water.
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WATER SKIING
• Tow line at least 75 feet
• Always keep distance from
shore/hazards at least twice that length
• Tow lines same length for multiple skiers
• Never ski at night
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WATER SKIING
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Adjust speed according to skier signals
Avoid congested or hazardous areas
Maintain a lookout
Always respond to skier signals
Signal turns in advance
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WATER SKIING
• When skier down, circle slowly, keep in
view, operator side of boat
• Shut off engine to avoid propeller injuries
when getting in/out of water
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SAILING
• Give sailboats lots of space
• Usually the stand-on boat
• Small sailboats more prone to capsizing
• Always wear PFDs
• Beware of hypothermia
• Stay off water during storms,
• high winds
• Remember that masts conduct
• lightning & need to be grounded
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SAILING
• Carry a flashlight at night
• Sailboats with engines must have lighting
same as power boat
• Pay special attention to mast clearance
• Power lines, bridges
• Take a certified
sailing course
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PADDLECRAFT
• Paddleboards, Kayaks, and Canoes are increasingly
showing in boating accident and death reports
• Frequently
the victims
were not
wearing
life jackets
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JSO On Scene at
A Paddleboard
Death,
December 2014
St Johns River
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FISHING
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Most endangered boater on water
Slow down near fishing boats
Don’t run over lines
Mind your wake
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FISHING
• Anglers:
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Follow all safe boating rules
Pay attention to capacity plate, don’t overload
Wear your PFD
Properly dispose of fishing line on shore & not
in water
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HUNTING
• Small, flat-bottom boats more prone to
capsizing
• Distribute gear evenly;
Don’t overload
• Guard against hypothermia
• Wear PFD at all times
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HUNTING
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Always check weather
Stay close to shore
Don’t shoot until boat has stopped
Follow all safe
boating rules
• Firearms transported
unloaded
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Chapter 7 Review
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Review Exercises
1. As the owner of a PWC, you may be held
liable for any damage caused by it _____.
a. unless you have explained the “slow-no
wake” restrictions.
b. unless the operator is over 21.
c. regardless of who is operating it.
d. unless you have explained how to use the lanyard
of the ignition safety switch.
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Review Exercises
2. A water skier on Florida waters may legally:
a. Be towed two hours after sunset with proper
lighting.
b. Be towed behind a boat equipped with a wide-angle
rearview mirror designed so that the operator can
observe the skier.
c. Ski while wearing an inflatable PFD.
d. Ski close to another person to spray them.
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Review Exercises
3. When picking up a water skier, always
keep them in view and on the ______ side
of the boat.
a. Port
b. Starboard
c. operator’s
d. downwind
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Review Exercises
4. Hunters who use boats to get to a bird blind
or as a shooting platform should:
a. not be concerned about boating laws and safety rules
because they are not pleasure boaters.
b. understand and abide by all federal and state laws, and
practice all boating safety rules.
c. not worry about boating safety because they are
normally in very sheltered waters.
d. use as small a boat as possible, which will allow them
to get into tight places.
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Review Exercises
5. As a boat operator you have responsibilities
regarding the environment. Which is one
over which you don’t have direct control:
a. The practice of the three R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and
Recycle.
b. Protection of the shoreline from erosion and
preservation of aquatic vegetation.
c. Reduction of the use of toxic substances on and
around your boat.
d. Pollutants from municipal and industrial operations.
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Review Exercises
6. If you see a square-shaped red flag with a
diagonal white stripe on a small float, you
should:
a. go over and investigate to see what is going on.
b. stay clear of the area because that is the signal that
divers are below.
c. not worry about it because it is only some type of “club”
flag.
d. notify the authorities because it means a boater is in
trouble.
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Review Exercises
7. When towing a skier you should be sure:
a. All tow lines are at least 50 feet long.
b. The skier is wearing a ski belt.
c. To stay at least 75 feet away from hazards,
swimmers, and the shoreline.
d. You put the engine in neutral before
allowing the skier to climb aboard.
e. You respond to the skier’s patting himself
on the head by returning to the dock.
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End Chapter 7
Review
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