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Boating videos
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Tips on safer and more enjoyable boating
This collection of short videos shows classic boats, champion sailors and handy boating tips like the value of trim tabs, launching at boat ramps, flushing outboards, crossing coastal bars, anchoring techniques, preventing fires, avoiding collisions and how to tie a bowline. GO>>
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Flares
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Flares
There are three types of flare carried on board boats. Red hand held, orange smoke and parachute. They are designed for day or night use to attract attention of other boats or aircraft when you require assitance and must replaced after three years from manufacture GO>> |
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EPIRB
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EPIRBs
All ships operating beyond smooth and partially smooth waters must carry an EPIRB if more than two nautical miles from land and since November 2008, it must be a 406 MHz digital EPIRB. Learn how to equip your boat with an EPIRB and register, activate and stow it. GO>> |
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Navigation lights
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Navigation lights
Navigation lights are required to be shown on boats operating between sunset and sunrise and in restricted visibility. This info from Maritime Safety Qld tells you what lights you need to display on your boat and when they should be displayed. GO>> |
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