Chapter 1: Know Your Boat
Contents
The Many Parts of a Boat
Types of Boat Hulls
Length of a Vessel
Types of Engines
Jet Drives
Personal Watercraft
Sailboats
Chapter 1 Summary
Review Questions for Chapter 1: Know Your Boat
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Course Material
Course Introduction
• Home Page
• About This Course
• The Video Course
• 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
• Aground
• All-Round Wh. Light
• Anchor
• Backfire
• Bail
• Beam
• Bilge
• Boat
• Bow
• Bow Line
• Bunks
• Buoy
• Cabin
• Capsize
• Cast Off
• Channel
• Chart
• Cleat
• Coupler
• Course
• Cowl
• Deck
• Displacement Hull
• Dock
• Down Current
• Downwind
• Draft
• Embark
• EPIRB
• Fairway
• Federal Waters
• Fenders
• Float Plan
• Forward
• Freeboard
• Furl
• Give-Way Boat
• Gunwale
• Halyards
• Hatch
• Headway Speed
• Hitch
• Hull
• Idle Speed
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Impeller
• Inboard Engine
• Jet Drive Engine
• Jet Ski
• Keel
• Lanyard
• Leeward
• Length Overall
• Marina
• Mast
• Masthead Light
• Moor
• Motorboat
• Navigation Lights
• Navigation Rules
• No Wake Speed
• Operate
• Outboard Engine
• Overboard
• PFD
• PWC
• Pier
• Planing Hull
• Port
• Powerboat
• Power-Driven Vessel
• PWC
• Propeller
• Raft
• Rigging
• Rudder
• Safety Lanyard
• Sailboat
• Sheets
• Sidelights
• Slow-No Wake Spd.
• Stand-On Boat
• Starboard
• Steering Control
• Stem
• Stern
• Stern Drive Engine
• Sternlight
• Stern Line
• Swamp
• Swim Platform
• Tide
• Tiller
• Tongue Weight
• Transom
• Trim
• Underway
• Unpowered Vessel
• Upstream
• Upwind
• Vessel
• Wake
• Winch
• Windward
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Practice & Certification
• Practice Test
• Certification Exam
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