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* Personal Flotation Devices.....PFD type I, II, III or V that fit properly.....
Children under 10 years must be wearing a PFD on boats less than 18 feet.
Each person in the boat must have a PFD available to use.
Each person on a personal watercraft must be wearing a PFD.
Each person on water skis, surfboards, inflatable devices, or being towed by watercraft must be wearing a PFD.
*Throwable Flotation Device....PFD type lV.
All boats over 16 feet are required to have one.
* Fire Extinquisher
Powerboats under 26 feet (one B-1 fire extinguisher). Powerboats 26 feet long but less than 40 feet (two B-1 fire extinguishers or a B-2 fire extinguisher).
* Distress Flag or Signals on Powerboats.
For daytime use. A orange color distress flag at least two square feet or a U.S. Coast Guard approved distress signal.
For Nightime use. 3 hand held red flares, 3 parachute red flares, 3 red aerial pyrotechnic flares, or an electric distress signal.
* Sound Signal
Boats over 16 feet and less than 39 feet must carry a sound producing device, such as an electric horn, air-can powered horn, or a whistle.
* Navigation Lights
All watercraft are required to display running lights or an anchor light between sunset and sunrise. For power boats, running lights include a green light displayed on the starboard side, a red light displayed on the port side and a white anchor light displaying 360 degrees.
Lights for boats up to 26 feet. Lights for boats over 26 feet.
 
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