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Americas Boating Course3rd Edition
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Your References

• Summary of boating laws
• Questions to -
• Kentucky Department
• Of Fish and Wildlife
• Resources at -
• 800-858-1549
• Actual wording at

http//www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/frntpage.htm
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Boat Registration
Boat registration for ONE year, expires April 30
each year
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Boater Education
Who Needs the Card? Persons 12 to 17 years old
who are unaccompanied and operate a motorized
vessel over 10 hp in Kentucky

• Have passed an approved boating safety course and
  carry on board their boater education certificate
  or
• Are accompanied on board by a person 18 years old
  or older or by a person who possesses a boater
  education card.

• Boater education card does not expire and does
  not need to be renewed.

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Water Skiing

• Applies to persons being towed
• All being towed must wear PFD
• Allowed only between sunrise and sunset
• Must have 12 year or older observer or wide angel
  mirror
• Illegal to tow while intoxicated
• Stay clear of no ski zones
• No towing within 100 feet of commercial boat
  dock, moorage harbor, swim area
• None within 2000 feet of lock or dam

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Prohibited Riding

• When operating above idle speed passengers shall
  not ride
• on enclosed bow
• outside protective railing of pontoon or
  houseboat
• on a seat extends six inches above plane of
  gunwales
• on sides, back, engine cover, back of seat, or
  any other obviously dangerous position

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Kentucky FWL Owned Lakes

• Idle speed when passing other boats
• Boats 22 feet or less in length
• Exeptions on some lakes
• Houseboats are not permitted
• No PWC on Cedar Creek Lake
• Swimming only in designated areas w/lifeguard on
  duty
• No skin or scuba diving
• Underwater exhaust required
• Water-skiing in designated areas only

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Life Jacket Laws
A USCG approved wearable personal floatation
device (PFD) correctly sized and in serviceable
condition is required on board for every
person Boats 16 feet and longer must
additionally carry a USCG approved throwable
device (not canoe or kayak) Persons being towed,
those under 12, and those operating PWC MUST wear
the PFD PFDs with water impact ratings are
suggested for high speed watersports such as
operating PWC and being towed
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Boating Under the Influence

• Kentucky is a consent to test state
• Shall not operate while intoxicated or under
  influence of substance which impairs ability
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages on waterways is
  prohibited

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Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD)

• MSD holds sewage
• Some MSDs can treat sewage
• Use pumpout stations
• Most Kentucky waters are No Discharge Zones.
• Type I and II marine Heads must be sealed to
  prevent discharge

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Diving/Snorkeling Flags

• Boaters remain 100 feet away from flag
• Divers within 50 feet of diver flag
• No diving in traffic lanes or interfer with
  fishing

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PWC Operations

• Personal watercraft can only be operated between
  sunrise and sunset.
• Personal watercraft without self-circling
  capability must have a lanyard type engine kill
  switch attached to the operator when the craft is
  underway.
• Operators and passengers must wear a U.S. Coast
  Guard-approved personal flotation device (PFD.)

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PWC Operations

• Must operate in reasonable and prudent manner
• Prohibited operations
• Weaving through congested traffic
• Following watercraft towing persons
• Jumping wake of other watercraft
• Cut between boat and towed people
• Cross paths of boats when visibility is
  restricted
• Steer toward others chicken

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PWC Operations

• No operations between sunset and sunrise
• Clear commercial tows at least 50 ft
• Must be at least 12 years old and 12 17 with
  Safe Boating Certificate
• Parents or guardians supervising minors under 18
  shall not allow violation

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Liability for Negligent Operation

• Operator shall be liable for injury or damage
  resulting from negligence
• Owner is liable if aboard
• Family Purpose Doctrine as applied to motor
  vehicles applies to boating

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Reporting a Boating Accident
Duty to stop and offer assistance Report
required when Damage over 500 by or to the
vessel or its equipment Injury (requiring
medical help beyond first aid) or loss of life
and/or Disappearance of any person on board a
vessel.
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Time Frame for Reporting

• Within 48 hours if
• a person involved is injured and cannot perform
  usual activities
• a person disappears
• Within 10 days if
• there is loss of life within 24 hours of the
  accident
• an earlier report is not required but becomes
  necessary
• the boat or property damage is in excess of 500
  or total boat loss

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Report an Accident
Law Enforcement Division Boating Accident The
Kentucky Department of Fish Wildlife
Resources 1 Sportsman Lane Frankfort, Ky.
40601 Central Office in Frankfort, 800-858-1549
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International Marine Pollution Law
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Oil/Fuel Spills
Spills reported immediately to US Coast Guard
at 1-800-424-8802 Placard displayed for
vessels 26 feet and longer
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Aquatic Nuisances
To prevent the spread of non-native fish and
mollusks in our waterways, boaters should follow
these simple rules

• Trailer boaters should remove visible mud,
  plants, fish or animals from boats and trailers
  prior to transport to another body of water.
• Scrape any mussels from boat or outdrive, and
  flush hull, bilges water holding compartments
  with hot water (use 1 quart / gal of vinegar).
• Do not release plants or fish, including bait,
  into a body of water unless it came out of that
  same body of water.

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From Other ABC3 Sections

• Know your boats capacity capacity plate -7
• Know fueling procedures and check lists 3
• Use a FLOAT PLAN 3 and appendix D
• Navigation Rules 4
• Skiers and towed watersports - 13
• Aids to Navigation 5
• Weather and Emergencies 11
• Use pre-boating briefing check list 3
• Navigation lights and sound devices 7
• Engine Cut-off devices connected - 15

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