BOATING EXAM

BOATING SAFETY

CLASSIFICATION

BOATING

MOTORS

OUTBOARD MOTORS ARE A COMPLETE PROPULSION SYSTEM FROM THE ENGINE TO THE PROPELLER.

STERN DRIVES USE A MODIFIED AUTOMOBLE ENGINE MOUNTED INSIDE THE BOAT.

INBOARD ENGINE ARE FOUND ON LARGER BOATS.

JET PUMP DRAWS WATER INSIDE AND PUMPS WATER OUTSIDE AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

REGISTRATION REQUIREENTS AND PROCEDURES VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

HULL IDENTFIATION NUMBERS ARE A BOATS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.THE NUMBER IS FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE HULL ABOVE THE WATERLINE.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

PFD NEED TO BE COAST GUARD APPROVED. EACH PASSENGER MUST HAVE A PFD.THERE

MUST BE THROWABLE CLASS IV. THEY HAVE TWO SIZES 9OLBS OR MORE

ADULT AND LESS THAN 90LBS CHILD. BOATS 16 FEET OR MORE MUST HAVE A TYPE

1, II , III WEARABLE DEVICES PLUS A THROWABLE DEVICE TYPE IV.

ALL BOATS MUST HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. THEY ALSO MUST BE COAST GUARD APPROVED

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

WHISTLES , HORNS , BELLS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL BOATS .

LIGHTS : ALL BOATS MUST AVE LIGHTS F THEY ARE OPERATED AT NIGHT.

BOATING

MOST BOATING FATALITIES ARE THE RUSULT OF CAPSIZING OR FALLS OVERBOARD.

MOST CHANGES IN THE WEATHER COME THE WEST.

REGULATORY BUOYS IN THE UNIFORMED STATE WATER WAY MARKING SYSTEM ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE HORIZATIONAL ORANGE BANDS AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM.

BOATING

BOATING

ALWAYS RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS ON THE WATERWAYS .

RESPECT SHORELINE PROPERTY OWNERS DON’T POLLUTE. AS SKIPPER OF YOUR BOAT YOU ARE

RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFE COURTEOUS , BOATING.

WHEN BOATING NEAR LARGE VESSELS, YOU SHOULD AVOID JUMPING WAKES , RIDING CLOSE ALONG SIDE OR CUTTING UNDER THE BOW.

BOATING

THE NECESSARY LENGTH OF A BOAT TRAILER IS DETERMINED BY THE LENGTH OF THE BOAT.

WHEN BOARDING A SMALL BOAT YOU SHOULD STEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOAT.

WHEN A BOAT IS OVERPOWERED OR OVERLOADED IT IS LESS STABLE.

BOATING

BOATING• CHOOSING THE RIGHT BOAT.

•THERE ARE APPROXIM ATELY 2,OOO BOAT MANUFACTURES AND MORE THAN 4,OOO DIFFERENT MODELS.

•CONSIDER WHAT TYPE WATER AND ACTIVITY THE BOAT WILL BE IN.

• BE SURE THE BOAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE INTENDED LOAD.

BOATING

CLASSIFICATION MOTORBOATS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR

CLASSES BY LENGTH. CLASS A – LESS THAN 16 FEET CLASS 1 – 16 FEET TO LESS THAN 26

FEET CLASS 2 – 26 FEET TO 40 FEET CLASS 3 – 40 FEET TO 65 FEET MEASURE THE BOAT FROM EN TO END

ALONG THE CENTER LINE.

BASIC HULL DESIGN

DISPLACEMENT HULLS MOVE THROUGH THE WATER , REQUIRE VERY LITTLE POWER FOR THEIR SIZE . BARGES

PLANING HULLS RIDE UP ON THE WATER . BASS BOATS , SKI BOATS.

HULL DESIGNS: FLAT BOTTOM- JON BOATS. ROUND BOTTOM – CANOE.

TYPES OF BOATS

UTILITY BOATS / JON BOATS ALL ARE TIPPY

RUNABOUTS POWERED BY OUTBOARD MOTOR. FISHING BOATS.

CRUISERS ARE LARGER BOATS. PERSONAL WATERCRAFT INFLATABLES SAILBOATS SAILBOARDS

ALABAMA BOATING TERMS

ANCHOR: USED TO SECURE THE VESSEL FROM MOVING.

BILGE : LOWEST PART OF THE BOATS HULL. BOW : TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. CAPACITY PLATE : TELLS MAX WEIGHT , MAX

PEOPLE , MAX HORSE POWERFOR THE BOAT. CAPSIZE : TOTURN THE BOAT OVER. CARDINAL POINTS : FOUR MAIN POINTS ON A

COMPASS.

ALABAMA BOATING TERMS

CHARTS : MAPS OF THE WATER. GIVE WAY VESSEL : THE BOAT THAT

YIELDS. GUNWALE : THE SIDE F THE BOATS HULL. BOW: FRONT OF THE BOAT. STERN : BACK OF THE BOAT. STAND ON VESSEL : VESSEL HAS THE

RIGHT OF WAY. PORT: LEFT SIDE STARBOARD : RIGHT SIDE

NAVIGATION RULES

ALWAYS KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT TO AVOID ACCIDENTS.

NEGLIGENT OPERATION. SPEED REGULATIONS RISTRICTED AREAS RIDING ON GUNWALES OR DECKS. INTERFERENCE WITH NAVIGATION POLLUTION REGULTION. NAVIGATION RULES :KNOW THE RULES OF

THE ROAD. RIGHT OF WAY.

NAVIGATION RULES

WATER SKIING : IT IS RECOMMEND TO HAVE A OBSERVER ON BOARD.

MOTORBOATS MUST YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO MANUALLY PROPELLED BOATS.

RED RIGHT RETURNING THAT RED BUOYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

THE UNIFORMED STATE WATERWAY SYSTEM IS INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED BY THE STATE.