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Contents QUICK TAKES Alcohol Consumption Chart.....9 Life Jacket Types and Labels........................................ 11-14 Reporting Suspicious Activity.......................................... 16 California Boater Card............ 21 Minimum Age to Operate Powerboats ................................. 22 Types of Fire Extinguishers . 24 Sound Signaling Devices ....... 25 Navigation Lights..................... 26 Documenting a Boat................ 32 Sewage and Garbage........ 33, 34 Quagga and Zebra Mussels .. 36 Collision Avoidance ................. 39 Navigation Rules for Powerboats .......................... 39, 40 Navigational Markers ..... 42, 43 Vessel Capacity ......................... 56 Reckless or Negligent Operation..................................... 58 Reporting Oil and Gas Spills ..................................... 62 Engine Cut-off Switches . 68, 70 Recycling Fishing Line............72 Navigation Rules for Sailing........................................... 78 Navigation Rules for Paddling .................................80, 81 Whitewater Paddling.............. 82 Navigation Rules for PWCs .. 96 PWC Safety Course .................. 98

Chapter 1 Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Personal Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter 2 Boating Law, Navigational Rules and Navigational Aids . . . . 19 Boating Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Required Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Alcohol and Operating a Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Carbon Monoxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Boat Ownership and Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Environmental Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Navigational Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Navigational Aids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Chapter 3 Vessel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Anatomy of a Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Trailering and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 General Rules: Operating a Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Anchoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Know Your Knots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Maintaining Your Boat and Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Powerboating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Water Skiing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Paddling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chapter 4 Personal Watercraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Anatomy of a Personal Watercraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Safety Equipment and Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Legal Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Operating a PWC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 PWC Navigational Rules and Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Accident Prevention and Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Answers to Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Chapter 5 Accident Prevention and Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Environmental Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Basic Rescue Tips for Water Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Capsizing or Sinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Passenger Overboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Collisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Rescuing Water Skiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Appendix A Checklist and Float Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Appendix B California Boating Accident Report . . . . . . . 121 Appendix C Whitewater Class System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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