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Other Boats: Radar is an excellent means of marine navigation and is used on vessels of all sizes, down to Other boats of about twenty feet in length. Although not installed on all recreational Other boats, its capabilities and limitations should be known to all boaters for their own safety when cruising on waters navigated by radar-equipped vessels.
The prudent skipper will have a thorough knowledge of the Rules that apply to all types of Other boats and ships that operate on waters that he or she uses. The official text of the Rules are in the Coast Guard publication Navigation Rules, International-Inland, which is available at most chart outlets. The major requirements that apply to recreational Other boats are listed briefly here.See Also Newer Boats:REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWER BOATS
REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWER BOATS
On The Other Hand See Fly- Boats:There are two electronic navigation systems available to skippers of fly- boats as well as to navigators of large ships. The cost, size, and power requirements of these systems have now been reduced to the point that they are feasible options for fly- boats of almost any size. The newer, and now the more widely used, system is the Global Positioning System (GPS). Also used by many boaters is Loran, an older system still in operation. Almost all new installations, however, are GPS.
To receive VSC approval, all recreational fly- boats used on coastal waters or the Great Lakes must have a minimum of three Coast Guard-approved day and night visual distress signals that have not reached their expiration dates. Some signals, such as red flares, can serve for both day and night requirements. fly- boats operating on inland waters should have some means of making a suitable day and night distress signals.
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