Sailboards and Small Sailboats

Sailboards

Personal protection equipment
  1. One (1) Canadian-approved personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board
  2. One (1) buoyant heaving line no less than 15 m (49’3”) in length
Boat safety equipment
  1. One (1) manual propelling device 
Distress equipment
  1. A watertight flashlight OR three (3) Canadian-approved flares of Type A, B or C

The equipment listed in 2, 3, and 4 is not mandatory if all people on a sailboard are wearing a Canadian approved flotation device of the appropriate size or engaged in an official competition.

Navigation equipment
  1. A sound-signalling device or a sound-signalling appliance

Note: Radar reflectors are required under certain conditions.

Pleasure craft propelled by oars and pleasure craft 8 m (26’3”) or less in length within sight of navigational marks do not require a compass.

 

Small Sailboats or other small pleasure craft

This section refers to unpowered pleasure craft less than 6 m (19’8”) in length.

See separate pages for sailboards (see left); paddleboats and watercycles; canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and rowing shells.

Personal protection equipment
  1. One (1) Canadian-approved personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board
  2. One (1) buoyant heaving line no less than 15 m (49’3”) in length
Boat safety equipment
  1. One (1) manual propelling device (for more detailed description, refer to the manual propelling device definition),OR an anchor with no less than 15 m (49’3”) of cable, rope or chain in any combination
  2. One (1) Class 5BC fire extinguisher, if the pleasure craft is equipped with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance
  3. One (1) bailer, OR one (1) manual water pump fitted with or accompanied by sufficient hose to enable a person using the pump to discharge water from the bilge of the vessel over the side of the vessel
Navigation equipment
  1. A sound-signalling device or a sound-signalling appliance
  2. Navigation lights that meet the applicable standards set out in the Collision Regulations if the pleasure craft is operated after sunset and before sunrise or in periods of restricted visibility

A bailer or manual water pump is not required for any self-bailing sealed hull sailing vessel fitted with a recess-type cockpit that cannot contain a sufficient quantity of water to make the vessel capsize, or a multi-hull vessel that has subdivided multiple-sealed hull construction.

Note: Radar reflectors are required under certain conditions.

Pleasure craft propelled by oars and pleasure craft 8 m (26’3”) or less in length within sight of navigational marks do not require a compass.

Source: Transport Canada Safe Boating Guide
www.boatingsafety.gc.ca

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