Boating Rules - Skier's Choice Supra Boats SV 2024 Owner's Manual

Other recognized visual distress signals include:
• Flames in a bucket • Code fl ags November and Charlie
• Square fl ag and ball • Black square and ball on orange background fl ag
• Orange fl ag (certifi ed) • Electric distress light (certifi ed) - for night use only.
• Dye marker (any color) • Person waving arms
• U.S. ensign fl own upside down
Audible Distress Signals
U.S. Coast Guard regulations require one hand, mouth or poweroperated whistle or horn, audible for at least a
half mile.
• Other recognized audible distress signals include:
• Radio communication (see Emergency Procedures - Radio Procedures
• Radio Communication)
• Radio-telegraph alarm
• Position indicating radio beacon
• Morse Code SOS (3 short, 3 long, 3 short) sounded by any means
• Fog horn sounded continuously

BOATING RULES

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