ainship 40 Trawler Sin
le & Twin • Boatin
Safet
4.1
react. Havin
a plan and, is possible, assi
nin
respon-
sibilities to others results in quicker decisions and quicker
r
t
n
.
Important: Everyone on board should know where a fire extin-
guisher is and how to operate it.
An
fire requires stoppin
the en
ines immediatel
.
I
the
ire is in the en
ine compartment, shut o
the bil
e
ower
mme
ate
.
o not open t
e
atc
to t
e en
ne
ompartment. The
ire will
lare up as the
resh air suppl
increases suddenl
Keep the
ire downwind i
possible. I
the
ire is a
t, head
int
th
win
.
ave all persons on board put on their personal
lotation
devices
PFDs
.
I
ou can
et at the
ire, aim the
ire extin
uisher at the
base o
the
lames and use a sweepin
action to put out
th
fir
.
I
the
ire
ets out o
control, make a distress si
nal and
all for hel
on the radio.
ecidin
whether to sta
with the boat or abandon ship
will be difficult. If the decision is to abandon shi
, all
er-
sons on board should
ump overboard and swim a sa
e
distance awa
rom the burnin
boat
.5 Distress Si
nal
.5.1 Ma
da
I
ou have a VHF radio, heed storm warnin
s and
answer an
distress calls from other boats. The word
MAYDAY” spoken three times is the international si
nal
distress. Monitor marine radio channel 16
which is
reserved for emer
enc
and safet
messa
es. You can
also use this channel to contact the Coast Guard or other
boaters i
ou have trouble
Never send a “MAYDAY” message unless there is a serious
emergency and you are in need of immediately assistance.
.5.2 Visual Distress Si
nals
The U.S. Coast Guard re
uires that all boats o
erat-
in
on U.
.
oastal Waters have visual distress si
nal
quipment on board. In
eneral, coastal waters include
all waters except rivers, streams, and inland lakes. The
reat Lakes are considered coastal waters, as is a river
m
t
m
r
t
n tw
m
w
.
t
wn
n t
nited
tates and operatin
on the hi
h seas must also
arr
visual distress si
nal equipment
isual distress equipment must be in serviceable con-
dition and stowed in a readil
accessible location.
quipment havin
a date showin
useful service life must
be within the speci
ied usa
e date shown. Both p
rotech-
nic and non-p
rotechnic equipment must be U.
.
oast
Guard a
roved
rotechnic U.
.
oast
uard approved visual distress
si
nals and associated equipment include: Red flares,
handheld or aerial
ran
e smoke, hand held or
loatin
Launchers
or aerial red meteor or parachute
lares. Non-
p
rotechnic equipment includes an oran
e distress fla
,
d
e markers, and an electric distress li
ht.
No sin
le si
nalin
device is ideal under all conditions for
all purposes.
onsider carr
in
various t
pes o
equip-
ment.
are
ul selection and proper stowa
e o
visual
distress equipment is ver
important. If
oun
children
are
requentl
aboard,
ou should select devices with
packa
es which children, but not adults, will
ind di
icult
to open
ther help
ul publications available
rom the U.
.
oast
Guard include “Aids to Navi
ation”
U.S. Coast Guard
pamphlet
123
, which explains the si
ni
icance o
various li
hts and buo
s, the
Boatin
a
et
Trainin
anual”, and “Federal Requirements for Recreational
Boats”.
heck with
our local
oast
uard
tation,
our
new dealer, or a local marina about navi
ational aids
un
que to
our area
.5.3 Runnin
and Navi
ation Li
ht
Your boat must have runnin
and navi
ation li
hts
or
sa
e operation a
ter dark.
bserve all navi
ation rules
for meetin
and passin
. Do not run at hi
h speeds
durin
ni
ht operation. Alwa
s use common sense and
ood
ud
ment
peratin
at ni
ht can present some special challen
es.
Not onl
is
our depth perception lessened, bri
ht li
hts
n the shore can cast misleadin
reflections on the water
and i
ou wear
lasses, or worse
et, bi
ocals,
ou sim-
pl
don’t see as well at ni
ht as
ou do durin
the da
.
It is not onl
important that
ou be able to identif
other
vessels operatin
in
our proximit
, it is equall
important
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