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Aft - Correct Answers ✅At or near the stern Beam - Correct Answers ✅The width of the boat at its widest part Bilge - Correct Answers ✅The lowest point of a boat's hull Boat - Correct Answers ✅A vessel propelled by oars, paddles, sails or power Bow - Correct Answers ✅The front of the boat Commercial Boat - Correct Answers ✅Any boat used as a common carrier of passengers or property; operating on a regulat schedule; any powered vessel carrying passengers for hire, or any boat or outboard motor used by the proprietor of any school or camp in which minors attend... Capacity Plate - Correct Answers ✅A metal plaque located near the operator's position and/or near the transom of the vessel indicating the maximum weight capacity and/or the maximum number of people that vessel can safely carry. On outboard
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powerboats the capacity plate will also state the maximum horsepower for that boat. Cowl - Correct Answers ✅a hooded opening used for ventallation Flame Arrestor - Correct Answers ✅A safety device that prevents the ignition of gasoline vapors in the case the engine backfires Freeboard - Correct Answers ✅The vertical distance from the waterline to the top of the gunwale Gunwale - Correct Answers ✅the upper edge of the side of a boat Headway speed - Correct Answers ✅the slowest speed at which it is still possible to maintain steering or six miles per hour Hull - Correct Answers ✅The body of a vessel Masthead - Correct Answers ✅The top of the mast
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Stern - Correct Answers ✅The rear end of a boat Transom - Correct Answers ✅the vertical flat part of the stern of a boat Underway - Correct Answers ✅when a vessel is not moored, anchored or aground Wake - Correct Answers ✅waves which a vessel leaves behind as it moves through the water PFD Rules - Correct Answers ✅There should be enough for each person on the boat Sound Producing Devices - Correct Answers ✅Powerboats must have a horn or whistle. Vessels 26' or greater must also have a bell. When boats are in fog, mist, etc. and can not see each other, the operators shall sound their whistle or horn at intervals not exceeding 2min Fire Extinguishers - Correct Answers ✅must be on all powerboats.
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Less that 26 feet long: must have at least a B1 extinguisher 26-less than 40 must have at least a B2 or 2 B1s 40 feet or longer need at least 1 b1 and 1b2 OR 3 b1s Navigation Lights - Correct Answers ✅Need to be on between sunset and Sunrise On the front there needs to be a red on the port side and green on the starboard side. The forward lights need to show from dead ahead to two points abaft (towards the stern) of the beam or 112.5° of an arc. There also needs to be a 360° white light Boats 26 feet and greater must mount the running lights on the sides of the super structure and must display a white masthead light showing in the direction of the red and green lights combined. Colored lights must be visible for one mile on a clear night and white lights must be visible for 2 miles on a clear night Flame Arrestors - Correct Answers ✅All fuel systems will have a device on them that is able to resist engine backfire
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All Red - Correct Answers ✅Same thing as black. Stay in between them White with red top - Correct Answers ✅if heading west or east go south of the buoy. if going north or south go west of it White with black top - Correct Answers ✅if heading west or east, go north of it. Going heading north or south, go east of it. Three Basic Hull Shapes - Correct Answers ✅Round Bottom Flat Bottom Vee Bottom What are the Four Length Classes of Vessels? - Correct Answers ✅under 16' 16->under 26 26->under 40 40->under 65 Stern drive and inboard engines are ___. - Correct Answers ✅Modified automobile engines
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The Coast Guard Considers personal watercraft to be - Correct Answers ✅inboard vessels An ___ is a device used to pump and force water under pressure through a steering nozzle at the rear of the vessel - Correct Answers ✅Impeller To prevent running out of fuel on a PWC you should have - Correct Answers ✅1/3 out, 1/3 in, 1/3 in reserve If the combined weight of the vessel and its engine is more than __ of recommended load capacity of trailer, you need a bigger one.
- Correct Answers ✅90% "Tongue Weight" is the amount of the loaded trailer's weight that __ - Correct Answers ✅Presses on the hitch Two strong safety chains should be __to support... - Correct Answers ✅criss crossed
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The Phrase "R__ R___ R__." reminds vessels of the correct course in the lateral system of US Aids to Navigations - Correct Answers ✅Red Right Returning An anchor line should be __ times the depth of the water - Correct Answers ✅7- PWC cant steer if the engine: - Correct Answers ✅is off or in Idle Allowing passengers to ride on the ___ or ___ while underway is reckless. - Correct Answers ✅bow gunwale 5 types of PFDs - Correct Answers ✅Near shore Flotation aid off shore special use device throwable device Type 4 PFDs are: - Correct Answers ✅throwable
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__of the amount of alcohol that is needed to impare someone on land will on water - Correct Answers ✅1/ drink water every ___min to avoid dehydration - Correct Answers ✅15- When someone has fallen in you should: - Correct Answers ✅reach, throw, row, go
