Boat test
Your boat is in planing mode when enough power is applied so that the hull glides on top of the water. Different boats reach planing mode at different speeds.
Planing Mode
1. Get everyone off the boat 2. Make sure everything is off 3. Close all windows, ports, doors, any openings
Proper fueling steps
Give-way vessel
Two boats are operating near each other. One of these boats must take early and substantial action to keep well away from the other boat. Which is the boat that must take action?
1. Displacement 2. Planing
Two types of boat hulls?
What time is on your watch
The coast guard does not care?
PWC drive shaft
The long stem connection between the motor and the impeller
visibility
The primary factor that will affect your boats speed?
Both are give way boats. Give way to RIGHT
Boats approaching each other head on?
slower
Boats with displacement hulls are limited to ______ speeds?
Hull
Body of a boat
Yes-- but you must go at a slow rate of speed.
Can you legally pass an emergency vehicle with their lights on?
1. Cast off the bow and stern lines 2. Shift to forward and slowly move forward, gradually turning your boat away from the dock
Casting off with no wind or current?
buoy with a diamond shape with a cross in it
Exclusion area. NOT ALLOWED in there
ADVANTAGES: has a shallow draft, which is good for fishing in small lakes and rivers DISADVANTAGES: Rides roughly in choppy waters
Flat bottomed hull advantages vs. disadvantages
odd
Green buoys have ______ numbers
200 yards, 183 meters
How far must u be from any dock, marina, pier, or wharf when driving boat?
12
How old MUST you wear a life jacket at all times?
13
How old to get a NJ boating certificate
16
How old to operate a Jetski or anything that can go fast?
# of people= (Boat length(ft)x boat width (ft))/ 15
How to calculate the # of people (150 lbs each) the boat can carry?
1. Flat bottomed hull 2. Deep Vee Hull 3. Round bottomed hull 4. Multi Hull
Hull Shapes
Planing
Hull type for deep vee hull
Planing
Hull type for flatt bottomed hull
Displacement
Hull type for multi hull?
Displacement
Hull type for round bottom hull
The operators of both Boats
Two boats are operating in the same general area. Who is responsible for avoiding a collision?
Registration location
both sides of bow
Planing Hull
designed to rise up and glide on top of the water when enough power is supplied.
Bow
front of a boat
bow
front of a boat
1. Winch 2. Coupler 3. Tongue 4. Bunks
Parts of a trailor
1. Practice good seamanship 2. Keep a proper lookout. 3. Maintain a safe speed.
3 major responsibilities to avoid collisions?
good weather
A boat's capacity plate gives the maximum weight and/or number of people the boat can carry safely in certain weather conditions. What are these conditions?
Both vessels should turn to starboard (right)
A motorboat and a PWC are approaching head-on. What action should be taken?
Displacement Mode
A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will cut through the water like a displacement hull.
B
All vessels are required to have type ________ extinguishers on board.
How planing hulls operate?
As speed increases a planing hull will have a raised bow, reducing the operators vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid maintaining a speed that puts your boat in plowing mode.
ADVANTAGES: Gives a smoother ride than a flat bottomed hull in rough water DISADVANTAGES: Takes more power to move at the same speed as flat- bottomed hulls. May roll or bank in sharp turns.
Deep-vee Hull advantages vs. disadvantages
draft
Depth of water needed to float a vessel
PWC - Steering Nozzle
Device used for directing the stream of water to the left or right
Freeboard
Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board
1. Approach the dock slowly at a sharp angle (about 40 degrees) 2. Use reverse to stop when close to the dock. Secure the bow line. 3. Put the boat in forward gear briefly, and slowly turn the steering wheel hard away from the dock -- this will swing in the stern. Secure the stern line.
Docking with wind or current away from the dock
The sailboat because whenever any boat is overtaking another boat, the boat overtaking is ALWAYS the giveway and must go left or right around boat they are overtaking
If a sailboat is overtaking you who is the giveaway?
Maintain course and speed. the sailboat is the giveway.
If a sailboat is overtaking you, what do you do?
gray
If it's _____ stay away?
1 year 3 months minimum 1st offense
If you are convicted of boating under the influence, you will lose boating privilege for _________ and drivers license for _________
completely stopped
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel you must be?
Within 500 yards, operate at slow speed
If you are within the minimum yards away from military vessel what must you do?
NO
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed in a marked exclusion area?
Yes- must go slow speed/ no wake
Is it legal to operate your boat near boat ramp?
90
It is unlawful to operate a vessel that exceeds a noise level of _______ dBA
Port
Left side of a boat
tiller
Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
sheets
Lines (ropes) used to control the angle of the sails to the wind
halyards
Lines (ropes) used to raise and lower the sails
keel
Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water
beam
Maximum width of a vessel
Cleat
Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
500 yards, 457 meters
Minimum of _____ away from a military vessel
ADVANTAGES: Has a greater stability because of its wide beam DISADVANTAGES: needs a large area when turning
Multi- Hull Advantages vs disadvantages
All-Round White Light
On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in length, this light may be used to combine a masthead light and sternlight into a single white light that can be seen by other vessels from any direction. This light serves as an anchor light when sidelights are extinguished.
1. Halyards 2. Mainsail 3. Sheets 4. Boom 5. Rudder 6. Mast 7. Headsail 8. Hull 9. Keel
Parts of a sail boat?
Identify the edges of safe water
Red and green buoy purpose?
even *Remember Red-18
Red buoys have _____ numbers
Anyone 13 or over can operate a power boat providing it as operated exclusively by a trolling motor or 1 HP or less or if boat is longer than 12 ft. it must have less than 10 HP Ex: 14 ft boat with 7.5 HP
Restrictions for those 13,14, and 15 years old?
Starboard
Right side of a boat
starboard
Right side of a boat
propeller
Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
ADVANTAGES: Moves easily through the water even at slow speeds DISADVANTAGES: Has a tendency to roll unless it has a deep keel or stabilizers
Round Bottomed hull advantages and disadvantages?
"I intend to pass you on my left (port)"
Sounds: One short toot
"I intend to pass you on the right"
Sounds: Two short toots
Cast off the bow line
The wind/ current direction is toward the dock. What is after increasing speed slowly until the stern is well clear of the dock?
Make sure the fenders are in place on the bow
The wind/ current directions is toward the dock. The bow line is ready. What do you do now?
Increase speed slowly until the stern is well clear of the dock
The wind/ current is toward the dock after you turn the steering wheel, what do you do?
Put the boat into forward gear briefly and turn the steering wheel hard toward the dock
The wind/ current is toward the dock. You have fenders on the Bow. What's next?
Masthead light
This white light shines forward and to both sides and is required on all power-driven vessels. (On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in length, the masthead light and sternlight may be combined into an all-round white light; power-driven vessels 39.4 feet in length or longer must have a separate masthead light.) A masthead light must be displayed by all vessels when under engine power. The absence of this light indicates a sailing vessel because sailboats under sail display only sidelights and a sternlight.
transom
Vertical surface at the back of the hull
1. Red and Green sidelights 2. All-round white light
What are the lights on a boat?
failing to keep proper lookout
What causes the most collisions?
Zebra mussels and Aquatic Weeds
What do we not want in NJ waters?
Max weight and/or # of people boat can carry
What does capacity plate show?
Letting go of the throttle
What will cause your PWC to lose control?
Sunset to sunrise OR if visibility is restricted during the day.
When must your navigation lights be on?
Shift into reverse gear
When preparing to dock, what is the safest way to stop the forward motion of your boat?
Before fueling
When should you check to see that fuel lines, connections, and fuel vents are in good conditions?
Sunrise to sunset
When would it be legal to tow someone behind your boat on a wake board OR a tube OR on water ski
Starboard side or stern
Where is the Hull identification # located on boat?
well away from the boat ramp
Where should you transfer your gear from your car to your boat before launching?
Next to the registration numbers
Where will validation decals be placed?
Operator
Who is required to keep a proper lookout while boating?
Stand on, but remain alert
You are operating a powerboat at night. You see green and white lights on another boat. What should you do?
Minimum 200ft
You must stay ______ away from any dock, marina, pier, or wharf when driving your boat at high operated speed or towing someone
Stern
______ drives are known also as inboard/ outboards because they combine features found on both inboard and outboard engines.
everyone
_________ is responsible for avoiding collision?
Upper edge of a boat's side
gunwale
Displacement Hulls
move through the water by pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with very little propulsion
Mandatory safety equipment
must have on boat at all times: life jackets, fire extinguishers, whistle OR horn
1. Make sure everything ok 2. Check for leaks 3. Turn engine off 4. Shift weight in forward
process of if u run aground
Stern
the rear part of a boat
