NJ Boater Exam
What does one brief blast of a horn mean?
I intend to pass you on my port (left) facet
A sailboat is underway within the fog. What sound signal need to you listen?
One extended blast plus two quick blasts each minutes
Green can buoy
Cylindrical-shaped (rectangular) markers that are continually inexperienced in shade, with
extraordinary numbers. Keep this marker in your left (port) side whilst proceeding inside the
upstream (coming back from sea) course.
Orange square marker buoy
Information
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
It is an invisible, odorless, tasteless fuel that is produced when a carbon-based gasoline
burns.
Never enter areas under swim structures in which exhaust outlets are located—even for a
2nd. One or two breaths in this place could be fatal.
Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate within the cabin, cockpit, and
rear deck. Stay 20 toes from different boats so you do not inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning encompass irritated eyes, headache, nausea, weak spot,
and dizziness.
How to determine distance from thunderstorm:
Count the wide variety of seconds among the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds via five.
The result is kind of the gap in miles you are from the hurricane.
How are CAN buoys marked?
Green with atypical numbers
White marker with purple vertical stripes
, safe water on all aspects
Orange circle marker
Slow or idle pace
White buoy with blue stripe
Mooring buoy - it has chains that boats/ships can anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
White marker with black vertical stripes
Do no longer pass between the marker and the shore
White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond
Stay as a minimum seven hundred toes away from it
White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black lettering
hold out
Which symbol on a regulatory marker is used to mark a swimming location?
Orange crossed diamond
What is wanted for guidance control on a PWC?
Strength to the jet pressure (throttle)
The motor on a PWC is running. Which part of the PWC can reason excessive internal
accidents?
Steerage nozzle (can undertaking water with pressure)
What is the principle function of an ignition protection switch?
To shut off the engine if the operator is thrown overboard
Green & Red Buoy (Green on top)(Red on top)
These are located on the junction of two channels to indicate the desired (primary) channel
whilst a channel splits.
If inexperienced is on top, the desired channel is to the proper.
If red is on pinnacle, the favored channel is to the left.
What does one brief blast of a horn mean?
I intend to pass you on my port (left) facet
A sailboat is underway within the fog. What sound signal need to you listen?
One extended blast plus two quick blasts each minutes
Green can buoy
Cylindrical-shaped (rectangular) markers that are continually inexperienced in shade, with
extraordinary numbers. Keep this marker in your left (port) side whilst proceeding inside the
upstream (coming back from sea) course.
Orange square marker buoy
Information
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
It is an invisible, odorless, tasteless fuel that is produced when a carbon-based gasoline
burns.
Never enter areas under swim structures in which exhaust outlets are located—even for a
2nd. One or two breaths in this place could be fatal.
Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate within the cabin, cockpit, and
rear deck. Stay 20 toes from different boats so you do not inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning encompass irritated eyes, headache, nausea, weak spot,
and dizziness.
How to determine distance from thunderstorm:
Count the wide variety of seconds among the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds via five.
The result is kind of the gap in miles you are from the hurricane.
How are CAN buoys marked?
Green with atypical numbers
White marker with purple vertical stripes
, safe water on all aspects
Orange circle marker
Slow or idle pace
White buoy with blue stripe
Mooring buoy - it has chains that boats/ships can anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
White marker with black vertical stripes
Do no longer pass between the marker and the shore
White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond
Stay as a minimum seven hundred toes away from it
White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black lettering
hold out
Which symbol on a regulatory marker is used to mark a swimming location?
Orange crossed diamond
What is wanted for guidance control on a PWC?
Strength to the jet pressure (throttle)
The motor on a PWC is running. Which part of the PWC can reason excessive internal
accidents?
Steerage nozzle (can undertaking water with pressure)
What is the principle function of an ignition protection switch?
To shut off the engine if the operator is thrown overboard
Green & Red Buoy (Green on top)(Red on top)
These are located on the junction of two channels to indicate the desired (primary) channel
whilst a channel splits.
If inexperienced is on top, the desired channel is to the proper.
If red is on pinnacle, the favored channel is to the left.
