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Minimum Required Safety
Equipment for
Class 1 Recreational Vessels
(16 to less than 26ft / 4.9 to
less than 7.9m)
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Personal
Flotation
Devices
(PFDs) |
One
approved Type I, II, or III for each person on board or being
towed on waterskis etc., in addition, one throwable Type IV device
Must be USCG approved. Must be in
serviceable condition. Must be properly stored. |
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NOTE:
A Type V hybrid may
substituted for any Type I, II, or III device, but it must
actually be worn whenever the vessel is underway and the person is
not in the cabin or other enclosed area.
Class I:
Every person on board under the age of six (6) must wear an
approved Type I, II, or III while the vessel is underway.
Water Skier:
Every person skiing or aquaplaning must wear an approved Type I,
II, or III PFD. Inflatable PFDs
are prohibited. |
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Fire Extinguisher
Must be USCG approved
Must be serviceable condition |
At least one B-I type approved
hand-held portable fire extinguisher (not required on outboard
motorboats less than 26 feet in length and not carrying passengers
for hire, if the construction of the vessel will not permit
entrapment of explosives or flammable gasses or vapors and if the
fuel tank is not permanently installed. |
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NOTE:
When an approved fixed fire
extinguishing system is installed in the machinery space(s), it
may be counted in the place of one B-I type hand-held portable
fire extinguisher. Some fire extinguishers require specific
mounting brackets for approval. Read the label on your fire
extinguisher for this information. |
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Visual
Distress Signal
Required
on the high sea and coastal waters only |
Must carry visual distress signal
for both day and nighttime use. |
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NOTE:
Coastal waters means the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and all bays, sounds, harbors,
rivers, inlets, etc. where any entrance is over two (2) miles wide
to the first point where the distance between shorelines narrows
to 2 miles. |
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Sound Producing
Device
(bell,
horn, whistle etc.) |
Every vessel less than 12 meters
(39.4 ft) in length must carry an efficient sound producing
device. The sound producing device need not meet any particular
specifications, as long as the vessel can produce signals required
by the navigational rules. |
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Backfire Flame Control |
An
effective means of controlling backfire flame of all gasoline
engines installed after April 25, 1940, except outboard motors
Backfire flame arrestors must be
USCG approved. |
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Ventilation
(Boats
built prior to August 1, 1980) |
At least two ventilator ducts fitted
with cowls or their equivalent for the purpose of properly and
efficiently ventilating the bilges of every closed engine and fuel
-tank compartment of boats constructed or decked over after April
25, 1940, using gasoline as fuel or other fuels having a flash
point of 110 degrees or less. |
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Ventilation
(Boats
built after August 1, 1980) |
At least two ventilator
ducts for the purpose of efficiently ventilating every closed
compartment that contains a gasoline engine and every closed
compartment containing a gasoline tank, except for those having
permanently installed tanks which vent outside the boat and
contain no unprotected electrical devices. Also, engine
compartments containing a gasoline engine having a cranking motor
must contain power operated exhaust blowers which can be
controlled from the instrument panel. |
