Boater Education

7. boat stays upright and fills with water.
9. indicates 73.5 miles from the river's mouth
10. shock, bleeding, burns, broken nose.
11. hurricane, storms, fog, hail, tornado
13. the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the right when one is facing forward.
14. personal locator beacon.
16. low-head dams, rapids, and strainers.
17. the three r’s
19. emergency position indicating radio beacon
20. sometimes called a life jacket

1. prevents ignition of gasoline vapor if engine backfires.
2. Good for most boats and gets its holding power by plowing into bottom sediments.
3. recognizing dangerous situations and reducing the chance that they will happen.
4. buoys red with even numbers
5. colorless, orderless, and deadly.
6. good for most boats and gets its holding power from its pointed flukes digging into bottom sediments.
8. lights when commercial vessels are towing, they display one or more yellow lights in 2.place of a sternlight.
12. canoes, kayaks, and rafts.
15. boat turns on its side or turns completely over
18. buoys green with odd numbers