Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 24

position until it is deactivated.
distance between the point the switch was
activated and the point it was deactivated.
For proper service, the switch should deact-
ivate between l/2-inch
the planned mounting position.
The switch must never be mounted lower
than the bilge pump pickup.
1-14 BOATING ACCIDENT REPORTS
New federal and state
quire an accident report to be filed with the
nearest State boating authority
hours if a person is lost, disappears,
injured to the degree
treatment beyond first aid.
Accidents involving only property or equip-
ment damage MUST be reported
days, if the damage is in excess of $500.00.
Some states require reporting of accidents with
propery damage less then $500.00 or a total
boat loss. A $1,000.00
assessed for failure to submit the report.
WORD OF ADVICE
Take time to make a copy of the report
to keep for your records or for the insurance
company. Once the report
Coast Guard will not give out a copy, even
to the person who
filled
The report must give details of the acci-
dent and include:
1- The date, time, and exact location of
the occurrence.
2- The name of each person who died,
was lost, or injured.
3- The number and name of the vessel.
4- The names and addresses of the own-
er and operator.
If the operator cannot file the report for
any reason, each person on aboard
notify the authorities,
report has been filed.
1-15 NAVIGATION
Buoys
In the United States, a buoyage system is
used as an assist to all boaters
craft to navigate our coastal waters and our
navigable rivers in safety.
read and understood,
ers will permit the boater
comparative confidence
Measure the
and 1I4-inch from
CAUTION:
regulations re-
within 48
or is
of needing medical
within 10
PENALTY may be
is
filed,
the report.
MUST
or determine that the
of all size
When properly
these buoys and mark-
to cruise with
that he will be able
to avoid reefs, rocks, shoals, and other haz-
ards.
In the spring of 1983, the Coast Guard
began making modifications
navigation in support of an agreement
sored by the International
Lighthouse Authorities
representatives
na tions of the wor ld, The primary purpose
of the modifications
making buoyage systems
more alike and less confusing.
The modifications
panying illustrations
the end of 1989.
Lights
The following
lights required on boats between sunset and
sunrise or during restricted
en
directly
cation dated 1984.
The terms
are used to refer to the left and right side
of the boat, when looking forward.
easy way to remember this basic fundamen-
tal is to consider the words "port" and" lef ttl
both have four letters and go together.
the
Hookup for testing
NAVIGATION
to U.S. aids to
Associaiton
(IALA) and signed by
from most of the maritime
is to improve safety by
around the world
shown in the accom-
should be completed
information
visibility is tak-
from a U.S. Coast Guard publi-
"PORT" and "STARBOARD"
an
automatic bilge pump switch.
1-19
spon-
of
by
regarding
One