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