What happens when PwC passes too closely behind another boat?
The back of the PWC is pushed to the left, and the PWC turns right. What is the risk when a PWC passes too closely behind another boat? The PWC may be sucked into the other boat’s engine. The wake from the PWC can make a larger boat capsize. The PWC may catch on fire.
What should a sailboat operator do when approaching a PWC head on?
What should a sailboat operator do when approaching a PWC head-on? Slow down and change course. Slowly turn away from the PWC. Shoot a flare and sound a danger signal on a horn. Maintain present course and speed.
What should you do when crossing paths with a PWC?
A motorboat is crossing paths with a PWC. What action should be taken? The motorboat should slow down and let the PWC pass because the PWC is smaller. The PWC should speed up and attempt to cross in front of the motorboat. The vessel on the port (left) should give way.
Which is more likely to drown, a boater or a paddler?
Paddlers never drown. Paddlers are less than half as likely to drown. Paddlers are more than twice as likely to drown. Paddlers are 22 times more likely to drown. Paddlers are more than twice as likely to drown. While boating, you see a red flag with a white diagonal stripe.
Which is the give way vessel in a PWC?
If a sailboat under sail is about to cross paths with a PWC, the PWC should change its speed and course. The power-driven vessel is the give-way vessel, and the sailing vessel is the stand-on vessel. If two boats are traveling on paths that will cross, what determines which boat is the give-way vessel?
Can a PWC cross paths with a motorboat?
If a motorboat is crossing the paths with a PWC, the vessel on the port (left) side should give way. A PWC should be treated like a motorboat. The rules are the same for a PWC or a motorboat.
Is the other boat a sailboat or a power boat?
Is the other boat a Sailboat (under sail) or a Power boat? Power boats, as a general rule, must give way to sailboats. If you are a power boat and the other boat is a sailboat under sail, you must give way. Alternatively, if you are a Sailboat under sail and the other boat is a power boat, then you are the stand-on boat.
When do power boats give way to sailboats?
Instead the rule that power boats mus give-way to sailboats applies. When two power boats are not meeting head on but their paths cross (like cars meeting at an intersection), the boat on the starboard (right) is the stand-on boat and the boat on the port (left) is the give-way boat.