Owner`s manual
Signals
and
Rules
of
the Road
•
Learn
and
observe
the
United
States
Weather
signals
.
Red
and
black
flags
are
used
by
day
and
red
and
white
lights
are
used
at
night.
Small
Craft
Warning
Forecast
is
for winds
up
to
38
mph
(H
knots)
and
/
or
sea condi-
tions
dangerous
to
small craft.
Gale
Warning
Forecast
is
for winds
from
39 to
54
miles
an
hour
(34
to
48
knots)
.
Whole
Gale
Warning
Forecast
is
for winds from 55 to 73 miles
an
hour
(48 to 63
knots)
.
Hurricane
Warni
ng
Forecast
is for winds
in
excess
of74
miles
an
hour
(64 knots).
•
Obey
marker
flags.
A
red
flag with a diagonal white stripe.
or
the
"A" flag. indicates a
skin
cliver in
me
area.
• A solid
orange
flag with a black
square
atop
a
black
ball indicates
distress.
Either
the
boat
or
a passenger
is
in
serio
u s
uouble.
•
Rec
ognize
the
different
buoys; they
are
the
waterway
road
mark-
ers.
There
are
three
types
of
buoys:
•
NUN
-
Cone
shape
SPHERE
- Spherical
shape
CA.'"
- Cylindrical shape
""'hen
entering
port
or
going upstream.
the
PORT
(left) side
of
the
channel
is
marked
with
GREEl'.
ODD
numb
ered
can buoys.
The
STARBOARD (right) side
of
the
channel
is
marked
with RED. EVEN
numbered
nun
or
spar
buoys.
The
middle
of
the
channel
is
marked
with RED
and
WHITE
vertically
striped
spherical
or
can buoys; always pass close
to
the
buoys. Can
buo
ys
will have a spherical
topmark
.
Obstructions.
channel
junctions.
etc.
are
marked
with RED
and
GREEN
horizontally striped buoys. A
RED
band
at
the
top
means
the
preferred
channel
is
to
the
left
of
the
buo),; a
GREEN
band
means
ille
preferred
channe
l
is
to
the
right
of
the
buoy
.
Th
ese buoys
are
sometim
es
leuered,
but
never
numbered
.
Lights. bells
and
horns
are
used
on
buoys for
night
or
poor
visibility
condiLions
.
Know whistle signals!
One
Long
Blast
Warning Signal
(Coming
out
of
slip)
One
Short
Blast: Pass on my
port
side
Two
Short
Blasts: Pass
on
my
starboard
side
Three
Shon
Blasts: Engines in reverse
Fo
ur
or
More
Blasts:
Danger
Signal
5-5
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CRAFT
WARNING
GALE
wARNING
WHOLE
GALE
WARNING
HURRICANE
wARNING
WARNING:
SKIN DIVER
INARFA
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.
WARNING:
SKIN DIVER
IN
AREA
DESTRESS
BOAT
OR
PASSENGER
IN
SERIOUS
TROUBLE
CAN
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