Level: 2
Category: Recreation
Year: 1975

Power Boating

1. Complete the Advanced Beginner's Level of the Swimming honour.
2. Know the laws regulating pleasure boating in your state or province.
3. Know what hazards of weather can affect boating safety and performance.
4. Know the nautical rules of the road and waterway aids to navigation.
5. Know what safety equipment, signaling devices, and lights are required on Class A and Class 1 boats.
6. Know and practice boating safety rules.
7. What should the passengers do if the boat capsizes?
8. What is the General Prudential Rule?
9. Know the meaning of the following boating terms:
   1. Abaft
   2. Abeam
   3. Aboard
   4. Aft or After
   5. Amidships
   6. Astern
   7. Beam
   8. Below
   9. Bend
   10. Bilge
   11. Bow
   12. Bulkhead
   13. Cleats
   14. Draft
   15. Freeboard
   16. Keel
   17. Leeward
   18. Port
   19. Starboard
   20. Stern
   21. Trim
   22. Windward
10. Show how to properly operate a power boat by doing the following:
    1. Assist in putting a boat in the water from a boat trailer.
    2. Check for all safety equipment. Check fuel and motor.
    3. Start motor and get underway from a beach or dock.
    4. Drive boat in a straight line for one fourth of a mile. Make a 90-degree turn to the left and right. Make a 180-degree turn.
    5. From a stop, drop and retrieve the anchor.
    6. Dock or beach with proper tie up.
    7. Assist in loading a boat from the water onto a boat trailer.
11. Know how to prepare and store a boat and motor for the off season.