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ACCIDENT REPORTING
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No one likes to think about having a boating
accident, but unfortunately, they do occur.
You must fi le an accident report after a
boating accident just as you would after an
automobile accident. A copy of the United
States Coast Guard Accident Report is in-
cluded with this Owner’s Manual. You can
obtain more copies of the report by calling
the United States Coast Guard Boating
Safety Hotline at 1-800-368-5647.
You are required to fi le an accident report
with the United States Coast Guard within
forty-eight (48) hours after the occurrence
of an accident resulting in any one of the
following:
• Loss of life.
• A person disappears from a vessel
under circumstances that indicate the pos-
sibility of death or injury.
• Personal injury requiring medical
treat-ment beyond fi rst aid.
• Damage to the vessel or damage to
prop-erty.*
• Complete loss of the vessel.
* State statutes determine whether you must
fi le an accident report in this case. An ac-
cident report must be fi led if the damage ex-
ceeds a threshold dollar value as established
by the state in which the accident occurred.
In most states, the threshold is $100.00 to
$200.00. Contact the United States Coast
Guard Boating Safety Hotline to verify the
threshold for a particular state.
Note: State and local agencies may also
have accident reporting requirements.
Check with local enforcement agencies or
with your local Silverton dealer regarding
local requirements.
yacht a more desirable purchase because
it tells prospective buyers that you have
maintained the proper care of the vessel on
a regular basis.
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