Federal Requirements For Recreational Boats - Ranger boats Z-Comanche Owner's/Operator's Manual

EQUIPMENT
Must have means of making an efficient sound signal.
Whistle or
Horn
None Required During Daytime
Visual
Distress
Inland and
Proper light displays are required to be shown from sunset to sunrise.
International Rules
Navigational Lights
Fire
One B-1 U.S.C.G. or U.L. approved fire extinguisher unless the construction is
Extinguishers
such that explosive flammable vapors cannot be trapped, there are no closed
compartments, no permanently installed fuel tanks on board.
PFDS
Type I, II, III, or V for each person
aboard.
Numbering
All undocumented vessels equipped with propulsion machinery must be numbered
in the state of principal use.
Certificate of
A valid certificate of number showing the numbers issued to a vessel must be on
Number
board whenever the vessel is in use.
Number must be painted or permanently attached to each of the forward halves of
Display of
the vessel, and no other number may be displayed thereon.
Number
NOTE: The above information is not conclusive. The owner/operator should check all current Federal,
State, and Local Regulations to ensure compliance.

Federal Requirements for Recreational Boats

CLASS A
(Under 16' in Length)
CLASS I
(16', but under 26')
All recreational boats, when used on
coastal waters, which includes the
Great Lakes, the Territorial Seas, and
those Waters directly connected to the
Great Lakes and the Territorial Seas,
up to a point where the waters are less
than two miles wide, must be equipped
with visual distress signals.
Type I, II, III, or V for each person
aboard and one Type IV.
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