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Enjoying Water Sports With Your Boat
Summary

In the Enjoying Water Sports With Your Boat section, students learned about a vessel operator's responsibilities: to their passengers; when allowing others to use his or her vessel; and to the environment. Students learned how to properly tow skiers and recognize skier hand signals. Finally, the material covered the shared responsibilities of all those enjoying the waters—boaters, swimmers, anglers, water skiers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists and kayakers, and hunters.