The Training Manual Serves As the Text for the Coast Guard's Boating Safety
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 102 370 CB 003 094 TITLE Boating Safety Training Manual. INSTITUTION Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO CG-464 PUB DATE Jul 74 NOTE 356p, EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 BC-$18.40 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Autoinstructional Aids; *Boatmen; Federal Legislation; Instructional Materials;*Manuals; *Safety; *Safety Education IDENTIFIERS Boating Safety ABSTRACT The training manual servesas the text for the Coast Guard's boating safety 32-hourcourse and for the D-8 Qualification Code Recertification Course. The manualis designed for self-studyor for use with an instructor-ledcourse. Each chapter concludes witha quiz to be used as a review of chapercontent. Opening chapters review the use of the manual,jurisdiction, and motorboat laws and the Federal Boat Act of 1971. Succeedingchapters treat the following specific topics: the boarding manual;numbering, registration, documentation, and licensing; legalrequirements; rules of the road; negligent and grossly negligent operation;correction of an especially hazardous condition; motorboatexamination techniques; preparation of CG-4100 and warnings;arrest; State boating safety programs; U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary; boating accidents; marine events and regattas; water pollution; first aid;instructor training; and leadership. A glossary concludes thevolume. (NB) I MAME 4 - OCT - 7 Cory,. 1974 4,firvt.". V ,,r^1 tt`!" * 0 PAIITMENT OF HEALTH, p EDUCATION A IVELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION tNis DOCUMENTtAS BEEN REPRO OuCED ExACTLY AS THE PERSON OR RECEIvfD cROM *TING it POINTSORGANtjA7 ION ORIGIN OF VIEW OR STATE° DO NOT OPINIONS SENT Of f.tciAL NECESSARILY REPRE NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION POSITIONOR POL ICY I DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAILING ADDRESS: UNITED STATES COASTGUARD (G-B8E-2) 4L;.06=4;:t1g:ETSW. WASHINGTON. D.C. SONO e"0"K' (202) 426-1052 BOATING SAFETY TRAINING MANUAL CG-464 FOREWORD JULY 1974 DulEing the past twoyeanz both the pubtic and U. S.Coast Guand unitz have askednumeAoud queztionz on genetat Law en6oncement pot-icy tegandingneeneationat boating. En- ioteement questions/Lange 6tom imptopet contnast o$neg- iztnation numbenz to unza6epnacticez, such as bow tiding. En6oncement o6 Fedetat boatingsatiety tams and Aegutationd by the Coast Guand £4a necezzany pant o6 out tezponzi- bitity. 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Hamitton wenton to day, ".they witt atwayz keep inmind that theit countrymenate 6teemen, and as ouch,axe impatient o6 evenything that beam, the teaat mark06 domineeting apinit." Hamitton'd commentAate jurt ad appxopkiate todayas they were in 1790. Boat examinationz murt beconducted in a count- eouz and digni6ied mannereven in the 6ace 06 open Aedentment. Finmnezz mot be apptied whenneceddany, but Ahoutd atwaya be apptied in a nezpect6utmanna. Condidet youAdet6an educators 6itzt, a pattotman second. i6 the need atizez,uze your big ,tick, but walk zolitty 6itat. You watt be betet received and, moat azzutedty, yott duty wiltbe mote pteazant. Sa6e boating £4 beat en6oncedthrough education. 454$ J F. THOMPSON Reap Admikat, U. S.OW Guard Chita, 066ice o6 BoatingSatiety 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER TITLE FOREWORD 1. USE YOUR MANUAL 2. JURISDICTION 3. MOTORBOAT LAWS AND THEFEDERAL BOAT SAFETY AC7 OF 1971 4. THE BOARDING MANUAL 5. NUMBERING, REGISTRATION,DOCUMENTATION AND LICENSING 6. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 7. RULES OF THE ROAD 8. NEGLIGENT AND GROSSLY NEGLIGENTOPERATION 9. CORRECTION OF AN ESPECIALLYHAZARDOUS CONDITION 10. MOTORBOAT EXAMINATIONTECHNIQUES 11. PREPARATION OF CG-4100 ANDWARNINGS 12. ARREST 13. STATE BOATING SAFETYPROGRAMS 14. U. S. COAST GUARDAUXILIARY 15. BOATING ACCIDENTS 16. MARINE EVENTS AND REGATTAS 17. WATER POLLUTION 18. (VACANT) 19. FIRST AID (OPTIONAL) 20. INSTRUCTOR TRAINING (OPTIONAL) 21. LEADERSHIP (OPTIONAL) 22. GLOSSARY 4 CHAPTER 1 USE YOUR MANUAL The Boating Safety TrainingManual is your manual. It is the text for the Boating Safety32-Hour Course and for the D-8 Qualification Code RecertificationCourse. The subjects in the manual cover the subjectstaught in thesecourses. You will use the manual bothas an instructional aid and, later, as a referenceto material presented. As the instructor presents a subject, findthe subject in the manual and follow along with theinstruction. (The instructor most likely will tellyou when the subject is covered inthe manual.) Be sure to pay particularattention to the tables andillu- strations. A lot of time, an explanationthat you cannot understand from the words,you will easily be able to understand from the illustration. For various reasons,some districts choose not tocover some of the subjects that wecover in the manual. Even though the chapters concerning firstaid, leadership, and instructor training are not presented inclass, these chaptersare very informative. Be sure to read them, whetheryour instructor covers them or not. Regardless of the class curriculum,when you finish the course, you will havereceived comprehensive instruction that will makeyou a well-qualified recreational motorboat boarding officer. Whatever you do, don't skip thequizzes. These tests, inserted after each chapter, willtell you whatyou know and what you don't know. So, use the quizzes for review. If you read the Manual, reviewit, refer to it, anduse the qt:zzes, you will have usedthe Manual. Remember, a well- worn Manual is a good Manual. CHAPTER 2 JURISDICTION Section Page 201: General Definition 2-1 202: Elements of Jurisdiction 2-1 203: Definition of Terms 2-2 204: Low Water Mark 2-3 205: Territorial Waters or Territorial Sea 2-3 206: Custom Waters 2-4 207: Navigable Waters of the United States 2-S 208: State Waters 2-5 209: High Seas 2-6 210: Great Lakes and Northern BoundaryWaters 2-7 211: Hot Pursuit 2-7 212: Innocent Passage and ForceMajeure 2-8 213: General 2-9 214: Jurisdiction as to Persoh 2-9 215: Jurisdiction as to Act 2-9 216: Chapter Quiz 2-10 JURISDICTION 201: GENERAL DEFINITION For purposes of this course, "Jurisdiction"means the right of the government to regulate conduct. As between agencies of the government (such as the Coast Guard, National Maxine Fisheries Services, etc.) jurisdiction is the power ofa particular agency to administer and enforce the law. Jurisdiction includes the authority to legislate, the power to require compliance with the laws, andin the absence of such compliance, to punish. Thus, Congress exercises it's jurisdiction by enacting laws. Law enforctment agencies such as the Coast Guard possess jurisdiction to implement and enforce the laws.The final role is that of the Federal Courts, which have jurisdictionto punish law- breakers detected by the enforcement agencies. 202: ELEMENTS OF JURISDICTION In Coast Ward law enforcement, jurisdiction is dividedinto three elements: (1) jurisdiction as to offense, (2) jurisdictionas to place, (3) jurisdictionas to person or thing. Each or these elements must be present for a law enforcement official (Coast Guard officer,warrant officer, or petty officer) to act legally, and eachof the elements must be specifically proven in Federal court to enable theU. S. Attorney to conduct a successful prosecution.What is meant by this is that a Coast Guardsman in carrying out his law enforcement dutymust be reasonably certain that he is exercising his authorityat a proper location (place), that he is exercising it upon aproper person (or thing =177iiimple, in seizinga vessel) and that he is exercising this enforcement power on an act or omission upon which he is authorized to act. Generally the law which authorizes the law enforcement officialtr, act will also give him all the information necessary to determine that the elements ofjuris- diction are met. For example, a Federal statute dealing with assualt reads, in part, as follows: "Whoever, within the special maritime and territorialjurisdic- tion of the United States, is guilty ofan assualt shall be punished as follows..." The statute by its terms is not limited toa particular class of persons such as crew members, boat operators, etc., but toanyone. The statute then tells us where----within the special maritime and territorialjuris- diction of the States. (This term will be defined next in this Chapter). Finally, we have the offense--assualt.The three elements are clearly set forth and the law enforcement official when calledupon to 2-1 act, will know the extent of his authority, andwhere and upon whom it may be exercised. QUESTION: Will all laws with which I'll be dealingbe this clearly defined? ANSWER : Not all.Many laws as written are understandableto the aver- age person. But many are necessarily complex,and you will need advice from time to timeto resolve problems as to their proper application. Frequently a law will be expandedupon in the Code of Federal Regulations. 203: DEFINITION