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ski craft - Correct Answers ✅any motorized vessel that is less than 13 ft in length, is capable of exceeding 20 mph, and has the capacity to carry no more than the operator and 1 other person. length classes of boats - Correct Answers ✅< 16 ft 16 ft to < 26 ft 26 ft to < 40 ft 40 ft to < 65 ft how to measure length of the boat - Correct Answers ✅length is measured from the tip of the bow in a straight line to the stern bow - Correct Answers ✅front of a ship stern - Correct Answers ✅The back of the ship capacity plate - Correct Answers ✅Must be in full view of the operator's station. Gives maximum weight capacity and horsepower rating.
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Turn this on if for at least 4 minutes after fueling and before turning engine on to remove gas vapors in the bilge (not every boat has one) - Correct Answers ✅power ventilation system bilge - Correct Answers ✅Interior of the hull below the floorboards; lowest part of a vessel's interior where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom for a PWC in terms of fuel: use the _____ switch when the engine is turned off. Use the ____ switch with the boat is underway. Use the _____ switch if you run out of fuel while underway because it will allow you to return to shore - Correct Answers ✅off, on, reserve float plan - Correct Answers ✅information left with someone concerning your boating trip - this includes a description of the vessel, description of the boating trip, and emergency contact as well as contact for those on board. When operating a power driven vessel you must ______________ to: any vessel not under command, any vessel restricted in its ability to maneuver, a vessel engaged in commercial fishing, a sailboat under sail unless it is overtaking - Correct Answers ✅give way
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In a power vs power overtaking meeting OR a power vs sail overtaking meeting, the vessel that is overtaking the other vessel is the ______________ vessel, and the vessel being overtaken is the __________ vessel. - Correct Answers ✅give-way, stand-on sidelights on a vessel are one of two colors: _________ or _____________ - Correct Answers ✅red, green the green light indicates a vessel's ____________ side and the red light indicates a vessel's __________ side. - Correct Answers ✅starboard, port Sternlight - Correct Answers ✅This white light is seen only from behind or nearly behind the vessel. Masthead light - Correct Answers ✅This white light shines forward and to both sides and is required on all power-driven vessels. (On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in length, the masthead light and sternlight may be combined into an all-round white light; power-driven vessels 39.4 feet in length or longer must have a separate masthead light.) A masthead light must be displayed by all vessels when under engine power. The absence of
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this light indicates a sailing vessel because sailboats under sail display only sidelights and a sternlight. The absence of a white light indicates a ____________ ___________ ______________. - Correct Answers ✅sailboat under sail All-Round White Light - Correct Answers ✅On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in length, this light may be used to combine a masthead light and sternlight into a single white light that can be seen by other vessels from any direction. This light serves as an anchor light when sidelights are extinguished. When you are traveling at night and see a white light coming up you are ________________ another vessel. It is the ________________ vessel and you are the _____________ vessel. - Correct Answers ✅overtaking, stand-on, give-way when you are traveling at night and you see a green light and a white light you are the __________________ vessel. - Correct Answers ✅stand-on when you are traveling at night and you see a red and white light you are the ________________ vessel. - Correct Answers ✅give-way
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nuns - Correct Answers ✅red, cone-shaped buoys marked with even numbers cans - Correct Answers ✅Green cylindrical-shaped buoys marked with odd numbers daymarks - Correct Answers ✅These are permanently placed signs attached to structures, such as posts, in the water. Common daymarks are red triangles (equivalent to nuns) and green squares (equivalent to cans). These may be lit. Non-Lateral Markers - Correct Answers ✅navigation aids that give information other than the edges of safe water areas. informational non-lateral markers are __________ shape. Controlled non-lateral markers are ___________ shape. Exclusion non-lateral markers are ________ __________ shaped. And diamonds are ___________ non-lateral markers. - Correct Answers ✅square, circle, crossed diamond, danger safe water markers are ________ with ____________ vertical stripes in terms of color. They mark ____________ and can be passed on either side. - Correct Answers ✅white, red, fairways
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buoys that are white with black vertical stripes are ___________ __________ ________ ___________. You should not pass between this buoy and the nearest __________. - Correct Answers ✅inland waters obstruction markers, shore When encountering the NH spar buoys the _______ ________ buoy and the ________ _________ buoy mark one side of a well-defined channel. Travel _______ these buoys. - Correct Answers ✅all red, all black, between. For the NH spar buoy that is white with red top, if traveling east or west, go _________ , if traveling north or south go __________ of this buoy. - Correct Answers ✅south, west For the NH spar buoy that is white with red top, If traveling east or west, go ____________, if traveling north or south go _____________ of this buoy. - Correct Answers ✅north, east Where should passengers sit in a severe weather situation? - Correct Answers ✅on the vessel floor close to the centerline.
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If you are in a PWC and you have no power you may also have no ______________ _____________ - Correct Answers ✅steering control Most PWC do not have ____________. - Correct Answers ✅brakes How does the engine cut off switch on a PWC work? - Correct Answers ✅by attaching a lanyard between the operator and the switch. What are the exceptions to needing a NH Certificate of Registration and validation decals? - Correct Answers ✅- sailboats and sailboards under 12 feet in length
- other small non-motorized vessels like kayaks and canoes
- vessels registered in other states using NH waters for 30 consecutive days or fewer.
- vessels owned or operated by the US government requirements for displaying your NH Certificate of Registration and validation decals (there are 6): - Correct Answers ✅- numbers must be affixed to both sides of the vessel on the forward half and clearly readable
- numbers must read from left to right on both sides
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- number must be in at least 3 inch high block letters
- number's color must contrast with hull background
- letters must be separated from number's with a space or hyphen
- decals must be placed on both sides of the bow within six inches of and to the right of the number. Hull - Correct Answers ✅the frame or body of ship USCG - Correct Answers ✅United States Coast Guard HIN - Correct Answers ✅Hull Identification Number - a unique 12- digit number assigned to vessels after 1972. transom - Correct Answers ✅the flat surface forming the stern of a vessel Who can operate a ski craft? - Correct Answers ✅anyone 16 or older who has a valid Safe Boater Education Certificate. Who can operate a vessel that is 25 horsepower or greater? - Correct Answers ✅anyone 16 or older who has a valid Safe Boater
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Type V PFD - Correct Answers ✅special-use devices - vests, deck suits, and hybrid life jackets that are designed for specific purposes such as windsurfing, kayaking, or water-skiing. This type of life jacket will not turn an unconscious person face up in the water - Correct Answers ✅Type III This type of life jacket will turn an unconscious person face up in the water - Correct Answers ✅Type I red and green sidelights must be visible from __________ mile(s) away on a dark, clear night, unless the vessel is less than 39.4 ft long. Then, the lights must be visible from _________ mile(s) away. - Correct Answers ✅2, 1 an all-around white light must be visible from at least _______ mile(s) away on a clear, dark night - Correct Answers ✅ 2 All vessels are required to use a white light visible for 360 degrees and from a distance of ________ miles when anchored or moored between sunset and sunrise - Correct Answers ✅ 2
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A vessel less than 26 feet in length is require to have _______ _______ fire extinguisher(s) on board - Correct Answers ✅one 5-B A vessel greater than 26 feet in length but less than 40 feet in length is required to have ______ _______ fire extinguisher(s) or ______ _______ fire extinguisher(s) on board. - Correct Answers ✅two 5-Bs, one 20-B A vessel greater than 40 feet in length but less than 60 feet in length is required to have ______ ________ fire extinguisher(s) or _______ ________ and _____ _________ fire extinguisher(s) on board. - Correct Answers ✅three 5-Bs, one 20-B, one 5-B Backfire Flame Arrestors - Correct Answers ✅designed to prevent the ignition of gasoline vapors in case the engine backfires. All powerboats that use gasoline must have a USCG-approved version of one. All stationary vessels must not exceed ________ decibels if the engine was manufactured prior to January 1, 1991 OR __________ decibels if the engine was manufactured on or after January 1,
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blasts tells boaters you are about to pass them on your ________ side. - Correct Answers ✅port, starboard In restricted visibility, one prolonged blast with a sound producing device at intervals of not more than _______ minutes is used by power driven vessels when underway. One prolonged blast plus 2 short blasts is used by ___________ to signal that they are underway in the same conditions. - Correct Answers ✅2, sailboats Five (or more) short, rapid blasts - Correct Answers ✅are used to signal danger or to signal that you do not understand or you disagree with the other boater's intentions. VDSs - Correct Answers ✅visual distress signals A handheld orange smoke VDS and a floating orange smoke VDS are classified as: - Correct Answers ✅day and pyrotechnic An orange flag VDS is classified as: - Correct Answers ✅day and non-pyrotechnic
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An electric light VDS is classified as: - Correct Answers ✅night and non-pyrotechnic. Red meteor and red flare VDSs are classified as: - Correct Answers ✅day and night, and pyrotechnic. You must not operate at higher than headway speed if you are within 150 feet of: (6 things) - Correct Answers ✅swimmers, other vessels, rafts or floats, permitted swimming areas, docks or mooring fields, and the shoreline. True or false: It is okay at times to have passengers ride on the bow, transom or gunwales if space is needed. - Correct Answers ✅False True of false: You must maintain contact between your vessel's hull and the water when crossing a wake - Correct Answers ✅True If convicted of a BWI these are the consequences: - Correct Answers ✅-lose the privilege to operate a vessel for at least 1 year
- have the BWI become a part of motor vehicle driving record
- receive a fine
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MSD - Correct Answers ✅Marine Sanitation Device Types _______ and _________ MSDs treat waste with chemicals to kill bacteria before discharge. Type _________ MSDs provide no treatment and are either portable toilets or holding tanks - Correct Answers ✅I, II, III True or false: ski crafts can only be used from sunrise to sunset. - Correct Answers ✅True The maximum number of skiers that can be towed at one time is _______, and the maximum number of tubers is __________. - Correct Answers ✅2, 6 Native aquatic plants - Correct Answers ✅bladderwort, coontail, waterweed, and milfoil Invasive aquatic plants - Correct Answers ✅variable milfoil, eurasian milfoil, and fanwort
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True or false: In addition to having a houseboat you are allowed to anchor your boat overnight on inland surface waters in New Hampshire. - Correct Answers ✅False Raft - Correct Answers ✅any group of 2 or more boats which are stationary upon the waters of a lake or pond and which are congregated together, whether anchored, secured to one another, or adrift, provided that at least one of the boats in the group is occupied. Aft - Correct Answers ✅at or near the stern beam - Correct Answers ✅the width of a boat at its widest point Commercial boat - Correct Answers ✅any boat used as a common carrier of passengers or property; operating on a regular schedule; any boat propelled by electrical or mechanical power carrying passengers for hire, or any boat or outboard motor used by the proprietor of any school or camp in which minors attend cowl - Correct Answers ✅a hooded opening used for ventilation
