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MASSACHUSETTS BOATING & YACHT CLUBS |
| ASSOCIATION, INC. |
| Safe Boating Information |
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| Boat Wise Professional boating instructions for everyone on the water. |
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U
S Coast Guard Auxiliary Courses |
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| United
States Power Squadron |
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| For a copy of Tidal
Heights and Depths click here |
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| For a copy of Distance
of Visibility click here |
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| For a copy of Morse
Code click here |
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| For a copy of Marine
Emergency and Distress Calls click here |
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| For a copy of Barometer
rise and fall click here |
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| For a copy of Radio
Information click here |
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Some Minimal Safety Equipment
and Requirements |
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| Visual Distress signals (all with approval number) |
| <16' By Night: 1 electric SOS flashlight |
| 16' - 65' by Day only: 1 orange flag; 3 floating or hand-held
orange smoke signals (not required on no-power sailboats less than 26',
or rowboats, or while racing; |
| By Day and Night: 3 hand-held, or 3 pistol,
or 3 hand-held rocket, or pyrotechnic red flares. (all suitable for day
use also.) |
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| Personal Flotation Devices (approved) |
| <16' - one type I, II, III per person |
| 16' - 65' - one type I, II, III per person
and one type IV per boat |
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| Ventilator ducts: |
| At least 2 ventilator
ducts fitted with cowls or their equivalent to ventilate efficiently the
bilges of every engine
and
fuel
tank compartment
of boats built or decked-over after April 25, 1940 and using gasoline or
other fuel with a flash point less than 110°F. |
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| Lengths Bells Whistles and Horns: |
| <16' None required, but must have some
means of making an efficent sound sign. |
| 16' - 65' Mouth, hand or Power Whistle
audible at least 1/2 mile |
| 26' - 29' Hand or Power Whistle
audible at least 1 mile |
| <39' 1 Bell, Power Whistle
audible at least 1 mile |
| <328' Bell, Power Whistle, and Gong. |
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| N.E. Maritime U.S. Coast Guard approved Courses
for boating safety |
| 2 day Boating Safety and Launch Tender Courses |
| 1 day
plotting course |
| Captain's Courses Fall ~ Winter ~ Spring |
| Courses held at Hyannis and Marina Bay, Quincy (hold a course
at your facility) |
| For information call: 508-790-3400 www.nemaritime.com |
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| ©2005 MBYCA |
