Laws and Safety Equipment

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1

Laws

2

Numbering and Registration

3

Safety Equipment-Life Jackets

4

Fire Extinguishers

5

Visual Distress Signals

6

Ventilation

7

Mufflers

8

Backfire and Flame Control

9

Whistle Bell and Horn

10

Navigation Lights

11

Pollution and Garbage

12

Reckless Operation

13

River Restrictions

14

Buoys

15

Personal Watercraft

16

Water Skiing

17

Diving

18

Boating Under the Influence

19

Accidents

20

Homeland Security

21

Chapter Review

Buoys

  • No person shall operate a vessel in an area which has been marked by the use of buoys as a bathing, swimming or otherwise access prohibited area. Every person operating a vessel in an area which has been marked by the use of buoys as a controlled area shall comply with the restrictions and requirements indicated on the buoys. The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to patrol boats or emergency vessels or in any emergency situation.
  • No person shall moor, attach, or hold in any manner, a vessel to any buoy, other than a mooring buoy, or any other aid to navigation placed in the water by proper authority as aids to navigation or to mark restricted areas. No person shall remove, destroy, or damage any marker or buoy.

   
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