What does that mean?
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Vessel Safety Check
We Should Know This
Ouch
100
Front of the boat
What is the bow?
100
You can have tea at the Empress Hotel if moored at the Inner Harbor of this city.
What is Victoria?
100
Must be Coast Guard approved, in good serviceable condition, and easily accessible.
What are Personal Flotation Devices?
100
Returning from sea, these color lights indicate the left side of the channel.
What is Green?
100
If you are trained, do this if someone is not breathing.
What is CPR?
200
The tiller or wheel, related to steering.
What is the helm?
200
To have dinner and drinks at Poet's Cove, you'll need to visit this island
What is Pender Island?
200
Required on gasoline engines in closed compartments.
What is proper ventilation?
200
What is a bowline knot?
200
Core temperature above 105 degrees, altered mental state, rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, life threatening
What is heat stroke?
300
Fitting, usually with two projecting horns, to which lines are made fast.
What is a cleat?
300
You will go through this waterway if you leave Genoa Bay and want to head north on the west side of Salt Spring Island.
What is the Sansum Narrows?
300
These are required if operating between sunset and sunrise and in conditions of reduced visibility.
What are navigation lights?
300
Captains are required to do whatever is necessary to avoid this.
What is a collision?
300
RICES
What is Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, Stabilization?
400
Line for hoisting sails or flags
What is a halyard?
400
Telegraph Harbor Marina is on this island.
What is Thetis Island?
400
Number of fire extinguishers required on a vessel between 26' and 40' with no fixed system installed.
What is two B-1 or one B-2?
400
You are a 28' powerboat entering a fog bank. After slowing to a safe speed you should make this sound signal.
What is 1 prolonged blast every 2 minutes?
400
Yawning, sighing, dry mouth or salivating, drowsiness, headache, dizziness, lethargy, nausea or vomiting
What is seasickness?
500
The point on an anchor where the shank joins the arms.
What is the crown?
500
The closest moorage if you want to have a summer swim in Black Lake.
What is Roscoe Bay?
500
Boats greater than 39.4 ft in length require this sound producing device.
What is a bell?
500
A vessel showing red and green side lights with two white lights above in a vertical line.
What is a vessel towing or pushing ahead.
500
Sustained, uncontrollable shivering, alert but may show subtle changes in mental status
What is hypothermia?