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CONNECTICUT SAFE BOATING EXAM***
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS |DOWNLOAD AND
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What are the ventilation requirements?
❖Regulations require ventilation of all enclosed engine
and fuel tank compartments on gasoline-powered
boats. Intake ducting must extend midway to the
bilge or at least below the carburetor air intake level.
Exhaust ducting must extend from the lower bilge to
cowls in the open air.
Stages of hypothermia:
❖cold shock, swim failure, immersion hypothermia,
and post-immersion collapse
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what is the emergency channel on VHF radio?
❖channel 16
What is the pecking order?
❖Vessels not under command (NUC)
❖Vessels with a restricted ability to maneuver (RAM)
❖Vessels that are constrained by their draft (CBD)
❖Commercial fishing vessels
❖Sailboats under sail
❖Power boats or runabouts
❖Sea planes and paddlers
Sidelights
❖These red and green lights are called sidelights (or
combination lights) because they are visible to
another vessel approaching from the SIDE or HEAD-
ON.
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- The RED light indicates a vessel's PORT (LEFT)
SIDE
- The GREEN light indicates a vessel's STARBOARD
(RIGHT) SIDE
Sternlight
❖This WHITE light is seen only from BEHIND or nearly
behind the vessel.
Masthead light
❖This white light shines forward and to both sides and
is required on all power-driven vessels. A masthead
light must be displayed by all vessels when under
engine power.
- On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in
length, the masthead light and the sternlight may
be combined into an all-round white light
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- Power-driven vessels 39.4 feet in length or longer
must have a separate masthead light
- The absence of this light indicates a sailing vessel
because sailboats under sail display only
sidelights and a sternlight.
All-round white light
❖On power-driven vessels LESS THAN 39.4 feet in
length, this light may be used to combine a masthead
light and sternlight into a single white light that can
be seen by other vessels FROM ANY DIRECTION. This
light serves as an anchor light when sidelights are
extinguished.
When must navigation lights be displayed?
❖These lights must be displayed from sunset to sunrise
and during periods of restricted visibility, such as fog.
CONNECTICUT SAFE BOATING EXAM***
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS |DOWNLOAD AND
PASS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE 2026/2027
What are the ventilation requirements?
❖Regulations require ventilation of all enclosed engine
and fuel tank compartments on gasoline-powered
boats. Intake ducting must extend midway to the
bilge or at least below the carburetor air intake level.
Exhaust ducting must extend from the lower bilge to
cowls in the open air.
Stages of hypothermia:
❖cold shock, swim failure, immersion hypothermia,
and post-immersion collapse
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what is the emergency channel on VHF radio?
❖channel 16
What is the pecking order?
❖Vessels not under command (NUC)
❖Vessels with a restricted ability to maneuver (RAM)
❖Vessels that are constrained by their draft (CBD)
❖Commercial fishing vessels
❖Sailboats under sail
❖Power boats or runabouts
❖Sea planes and paddlers
Sidelights
❖These red and green lights are called sidelights (or
combination lights) because they are visible to
another vessel approaching from the SIDE or HEAD-
ON.
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- The RED light indicates a vessel's PORT (LEFT)
SIDE
- The GREEN light indicates a vessel's STARBOARD
(RIGHT) SIDE
Sternlight
❖This WHITE light is seen only from BEHIND or nearly
behind the vessel.
Masthead light
❖This white light shines forward and to both sides and
is required on all power-driven vessels. A masthead
light must be displayed by all vessels when under
engine power.
- On power-driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in
length, the masthead light and the sternlight may
be combined into an all-round white light
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- Power-driven vessels 39.4 feet in length or longer
must have a separate masthead light
- The absence of this light indicates a sailing vessel
because sailboats under sail display only
sidelights and a sternlight.
All-round white light
❖On power-driven vessels LESS THAN 39.4 feet in
length, this light may be used to combine a masthead
light and sternlight into a single white light that can
be seen by other vessels FROM ANY DIRECTION. This
light serves as an anchor light when sidelights are
extinguished.
When must navigation lights be displayed?
❖These lights must be displayed from sunset to sunrise
and during periods of restricted visibility, such as fog.
