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Summary of the Principal Provisions of the Marine Board (Safety)
Regulations 1993 |
Safety Regulations &
Vessel
Definitions
Motor Boat: Every craft plying the waters of Bermuda
propelled by internal combustion engine or electric motor
Sail Boat: A sail boat is any boat using sails as
its primary method of propulsion
Personal Water Craft: Small, agile boats powered by inboard water
jet pump mechanisms.
Summary of the Principal Provisions of the Marine Board (Safety)
Regulations 1993
The regulations specify the minimum safety
equipment that must be carried on any boat except:
a) when at its normal mooring with no persons
onboard
b) which is solely propelled by oars or
paddles while in inshore waters and does not exceed 10 feet.
Definition of Inshore Waters
All enclosed waters south of a line between
Commissioner's Point and Cobbler's Cut (Spanish Point), Mangrove Bay, Ely's Harbour &
the Scaur, Harrington Sound, Flatt's Inlet, Castle Harbour, Ferry Reach, St. George's
Harbour, Coot Pond, Burchall's Cove, Devonshire Bay, Hungry Bay
required
safety equipment:
Personal Water Craft (Jet Ski):
INSHORE
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OFFSHORE
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1 life jacket for each person |
30 foot line/tow rope |
1 Fire Extinguisher |
1
approved combined daylight smoke/night flare |
1 sound producing device |
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1 flash light |
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Boats 20 feet or less:
INSHORE
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OFFSHORE
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1 life jacket for each person |
3 red flares |
2 oars/paddles |
3 red rockets |
1 bailer/manual bilge pump |
3 orange smokes |
1 anchor, 3 feet chain, 100 feet rope |
1 dye marker |
1 horn |
1 mirror |
1 flash light |
1 fire extinguisher |
Boats 20 feet to 40 feet:
INSHORE
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OFFSHORE
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1 life jacket for each person |
3 red flares |
2 oars/paddles |
3 red rockets |
1 bailer/manual bilge pump |
3 orange smokes |
1 anchor, 3 feet chain, 200 feet rope |
1 dye marker |
1 horn |
1 mirror |
1 flash light |
1 fire extinguisher |
1 life buoy + 50 feet rope |
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Equipment required aboard boats over 40 feet - must
fit required equipment in the above table plus the following:
1 additional
bailer (2 total)
1 manual bilge pump
1 additional life buoy and line (2 total)
1 additional fire extinguisher (2 total)
VHF Radio Equipment is required by all vessels proceeding to seaward of:
Narrows Channel
South Channel
Western (Hogfish) Small Boat Channel
The Outer Reef between Pompano Beacon and Spit Buoy
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