Safety Equipment & Procedures
2. List the federally required equipment for a 33-foot recreational vessel equipped with
an inboard diesel engine. - ️️• Life Jackets, Types I, II, or III per person
• Type IV throwable device
• Signal flares or daytime flag plus nighttime SOS beacon
•...
103 ASA Standards
Safety Equipment & Procedures
2. List the federally required equipment for a 33-foot recreational vessel equipped with
an inboard diesel engine. - ✔️✔️• Life Jackets, Types I, II, or III per person
• Type IV throwable device
• Signal flares or daytime flag plus nighttime SOS beacon
• Sound signals - air horn, whistle
• Fire Extinguishers - 2 Type B-I or 1 Type B-II
• Navigation lights - red port and green starboard sidelights (112.5° arc), white stern
light (22.5° abaft), white steaming light (225° arc)
• Anchor light 360°
Safety Equipment & Procedures
3. Describe the different types of Personal Flotation Devices (PFD, or Life Jackets),
their characteristics and benefits. - ✔️✔️• Type I Offshore PFD, will roll unconscious
face up
• Type II Nearshore Buoyancy vest, foam, may roll face up
• Type III Flotation aid, light use, conscious user
• Type IV Throwable, not intended to be worn (Seat cushion, horseshoe)
Safety Equipment & Procedures
4. List the ASA recommended safety equipment for a recreational sailing vessel. -
✔️✔️VHF radio
cell phone
spare lines
navigation charts
plotting tools
anchor(s)
binoculars
knife
first-aid kit
tool kit
flashlight
clock
radar reflector
boathook
softwood plugs
portable bilge pump
bucket
Safety Equipment & Procedures
5. Describe ways to keep gear and equipment secure and in their proper location. -
✔️✔️• Loose items should be stowed in lockers or on shelves behind deep fiddle rails
• Locker doors latched
, Safety Equipment & Procedures
6. Describe the purpose and proper use of a safety harness and tether. - ✔️✔️Heavy-
duty webbing worn outside of clothes is connected to a safety tether connected to a
jackline. Wear in rough sea conditions.
Safety Equipment & Procedures
7. Describe safe refueling procedures for a vessel equipped with an outboard engine
using gasoline or a diesel engine using diesel fuel. - ✔️✔️1. Remove cap, estimate
amount of fuel needed from gage
2. Re-check correct fuel selected; diesel
3. Place rag over nozzle for drips
4. Insert into filling port
5. Fill, check quantity pumped regularly
6. Listen to tank filling, changing pitch
7. Hold rag on nozzle as it's withdrawn
8. Return nozzle, wipe spills
9. Replace cap
Navigation & Weather
9. Describe how to prevent undue magnetic influence on a compass. - ✔️✔️Avoid
placing items within 3 feet of the ship's compass (flashlight, cellphone, knife, radio)
Navigation & Weather
10. Describe the dangers of, and how to avoid, a 'Lee Shore.' - ✔️✔️A Lee Shore is
any shore, obstruction or hazard downwind of the boat. Loss of power blows boat into
hazard. Avoid by 1/4 mile.
Navigation & Weather
11. Obtain and interpret marine weather information; describe the impact that present
observations and forecasts may have on sailing plans for the next 6 -12 hours. -
✔️✔️N/A
Navigation & Weather
12. Describe and identify Cumulonimbus clouds and what dangers they may signify. -
✔️✔️Cauliflower shaped clouds can turn into thunderstorms with strong downdrafts;
winds as high as 40 knots
Navigation & Weather
13. Define 'small craft advisory' and 'gale warning' and describe precautions to be taken
for each. - ✔️✔️• Small craft - up to 38 mph
• Gale warnings 39 - 54 mph
Sail Plan
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