Required Boating Safety Equipment And Regulations - Centurion Ri257 Owner's Manual

Section 3
REQUIRED BOATING SAFETY
EQUIPMENT AND REGULATIONS
U.S. Coast Guard Minimum On-Board Personal Safety
LIFE JACKETS
AND PERSONAL
FLOTATION
DEVICES
FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
VISUAL DISTRESS
SIGNALING
DEVICES
3-32
Equipment Required
CLASS 1:
Less than 16 to less
16 ft than 26 ft
(4.9 m) (4.9 to less
than 7.9 m)
One Coast
Guard-
approved Type
One Coast Guard-approved Type I, II, III or V
I, II, III or V
wearable life jacket for each person on-board and
wearable life
one throwable Type IV PFD device
jacket for each
person
on-board
One B-I type (Coast
Guard-approved)
If the vessel meets any one or
more of the following conditions,
the vessel must carry one B-I
type USCG-approved
extinguisher on-board:
• Inboard/Sterndrive engine
powered
• Has closed compartments
where portable fuel tanks can
be stored
• Has double bottom
construction that has areas
where air or gases can be
open or trapped
• Has an enclosed living space
• Has compartments where
flammable, combustible or
explosive materials are
stored
• Has permanent fuel tanks
installed
• Vessel is 26 ft (7.9 m) or more
in length
One (1)
electric One orange distress flag or one electric distress
distress light light OR three floating or handheld orange smoke
OR three (3) signals and one electric distress light OR three day
day and night and night combination red flares, handheld,
combination parachute or meteor type
red flares
CLASS 2:
CLASS 3:
26 to less
40 to 65 ft
than 40 ft
(12.2 to
(7.9 to less
19.8 m)
than 12.2 m)
One B-II AND
One B-II OR one B-I OR
two B-I type three B-I type
(USCG- (USCG-
approved) approved)
(A fixed (A fixed
extinguishing extinguishing
system is system is
equal to one equal to one
B-I.) B-I OR two
B-II.)