Chapter 4: The Legal Requirements of Boating
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Course Material
Course Introduction
• Home Page
• About This Course
• FAQs
• Boating Laws
• Insurance Savings
• Welcome Message
1-Know Your Boat
• Chapter 1 Contents
• Parts of a Boat
• Hull Types
• Length Classes
• Engine Types
• Jet Drives
• Personal Watercraft
• Sailboats
• Chapter 1 Summary
• Chapter 1 Review
2-Before Heading Out
• Chapter 2 Contents
• Boat Capacity
• File a Float Plan
• Fueling Safely
• Fuel a PWC Safely
• Fuel Selector Switch
• Trailering Your Vessel
• Nautical Knots
• Vessel Maintenance
• Engine Maintenance
• Chapter 2 Summary
• Chapter 2 Review
3-Operating Your Boat
• Chapter 3 Contents
• Casting Off
• Docking
• Navigation Rules
• Meeting Head-On
• Paths That Cross
• Overtaking
• Sailboats
• Navigation Lights
• Night Navigation
• Sound Signals
• Buoys & Markers
• Buoy System
• Anchoring
• Dams, Locks, Bridges
• Tides
• Compass & Charts
• Operating a PWC
• Controlling a PWC
• PWC Courtesy
• Environment Issues
• More PWC Tips
• Reboarding a PWC
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Propeller Injuries
• Chapter 3 Summary
• Chapter 3 Review
4-Legal Requirements
• Chapter 4 Contents
• Registration & Decals
• More on Registering
• Hull ID Number
• Who May Operate
• Unlawful Operation
• Alcohol and Drugs
• Obstructing Navigation
• Homeland Security
• Life Jackets (PFDs)
• Fire Extinguishers
• Flame Arrestors
• Ventilation Systems
• Mufflers
• Navigation Lights
• Distress Signals
• Federal Waters
• Sound Signals
• Additional Rules
• PWC Requirements
• Towing Skiers
• Pollutant Disposal
• Nuisance Species
• Vessel Accidents
• Enforcement
• Required Equipment
• Chapter 4 Summary
• Chapter 4 Review
5-Boat Emergencies
• Chapter 5 Contents
• Risk Management
• Boating Stressors
• Dehydration
• Avoid Alcohol
• Wear PFDs
• Types of Accidents
• Capsizing
• Falling Overboard
• Collisions
• Fire Emergencies
• Running Aground
• Personal Injuries
• Hypothermia
• Carbon Monoxide
• Treating Injuries
• Weather Dangers
• Avoiding Bad Weather
• Bad Weather Tips
• Summoning Help
• Chapter 5 Summary
• Chapter 5 Review
6-Enjoy Water Sports
• Chapter 6 Contents
• Your Responsibilities
• Your Passengers
• Sharing Your Vessel
• The Environment
• Other Boaters
• Paddlesports
• Water-Skiing
• Scuba & Snorkeling
• Windsurfing
• Sailing
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Chapter 6 Summary
• Chapter 6 Review
Review Questions
• Chapter 1 Review
• Chapter 2 Review
• Chapter 3 Review
• Chapter 4 Review
• Chapter 5 Review
• Chapter 6 Review
Boating Terms
Glossary
• Abaft
• Abeam
• Aboard
• Afloat
• Aft
• Aground
• Amidship
• Anchor
• Anchor Rope
• ANS
• Astern
• Athwart
• Aye
• Backfire
• Bail
• Ballast
• Battens
• Beacon
• Beam
• Bearing
• Belay
• Below
• Bend
• Bilge
• Block
• Bollard
• Boom
• Bow
• Bulkhead
• Calking
• Camber
• Can Buoy
• Capacity Plate
• Capsize
• Carburetor
• Cardinal Points
• Carvel
• Catamaran
• Centerboard
• Chart
• Chine
• Cleat
• Clinker
• Cockpit
• Come About
• Compass
• Coupler
• Cowl
• Current
• Daggerboard
• Deck
• Dinghy
• Displacement Hull
• Documented Vessel
• Draft
• Dry Rot
• Ebb
• Estuary
• Fathom
• Federal Waters
• Fenders
• Fishing Vessel
• Flare
• Flood Tide
• Foot
• Fore
• Forward
• Frame
• Freeboard
• Furl
• Galley
• Gimbals
• Give-way Vessel
• Gunwale
• Halyard
• Hatch
• Head
• Headway Speed
• Helm
• Hiking Strap
• Hull
• Hypothermia
• Idle Speed
• Ignition Switch
• Impeller
• In-sight
• Jib
• Jibe
• Keel
• Knot
• Lee
• Leech
• Leeward
• Leeway
• Line
• Listing
• Log
• Lubber's Line
• Luff
• Main
• Mainsail
• Making Way
• Mast
• Mizzen-mast
• Moor
• Motor
• Motorboat
• Navigation
• Navigation Rules
• No Wake Speed
• Nun Buoy
• Oar
• Overboard
• Painter
• PFD
• Pitch
• Planing Hull
• Point
• Port
• Power-Driven Boat
• Power Load
• Propeller
• Pyrotechnics
• Rigging
• Roll
• Rudder
• Running Lights
• SAE
• Sailboat
• Scope
• Scupper
• Seaplane
• Sheets
• Shrouds
• Slow-No Wake
• Stand-on Vessel
• Stem
• Stern
• Stow
• Strake
• Swamp
• Tack
• Taffrail
• Tide
• Tiller
• Title
• Tongue Weight
• Transom
• Trapeze
• Trim
• Trimaran
• Unbend
• Underway
• Vessel
• Wake
• Way
• Well
• Windward
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• Practice Test
• Certification Exam
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