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BunkMate
Trailer Slides
Marine Slides
BunkMate Trailer Slides come in multi-colors to match your Jetski or Personal Watercraft
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Secure on-line ordering of BunkMate Trailer Parts / EZ Glides
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Links to other Personal Watercraft sites
Safety stuff for your personal water and jetski adventures
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Like all other
boaters...
PWC riders
must obey all the
"rules of the road" while on the water and know what various
navigational "street signs" mean. The AWA is committed to
promoting safe, responsible personal watercraft use. As part
of our ongoing efforts in this cause, we ask you to
familiarize yourself with the following basic rules of safe
PWC operation, and with the common navigational flags below.
Know the basic rules of meeting, overtaking, or crossing
paths with other vessels. Print the information on this
page, laminate or seal the pages in plastic, and carry it
with you whenever you are on the water. Make copies for your
PWC-riding friends and urge any who are not AWA members to
join the good fight for
the freedom to
Ride!
AWA Guide to Safe PWC Riding
Take the Proper Gear:
Personal
Flotation Device (PFD), eye protection, neoprene shorts,
automatic shut-off lanyard, whistle, water, fire
extinguisher, emergency paddle, and tow rope.
Maintain Your PWC: Make
sure your machine is properly maintained and functioning at
a top level.
Never Ride Alone:
Always use the "buddy system" and have another rider
watching out for you as you watch out for them.
Know the Waters and
Stay Alert: Know your surroundings, be
observant of obstacles, currents, water levels, weather
conditions, and anything else that may affect your ride. You
are the captain of your own vessel; be aware of what is
going on around you. Be respectful of and alert to other
watercraft, boats, and people.
Practice Safe Operation
of Your PWC: Observe posted speed limits and
all other warnings, and familiarize yourself with the
meanings of the signs, buoys, and flags shown below.
Never, Never Drink Alcohol, even in the
smallest amounts while operating a PWC: People
who drink and drive a PWC will be prosecuted just like you
would an automobile and your PWC will be impounded.
Navigational Aids
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Diver's Flag:
Required whenever a diver is in the water.
Boats must not come closer than 50 feet of the flag
and must slow to no-wake speed within 200 feet.
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Alpha Flag:
Indicates
a vessel is engaged in diving operations or has
limited ability to navigate. Use extreme caution and
look for a diver-down flag.
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Mooring Buoys:
Marks an anchor buoy, the only kind of buoy
you may tie or secure your craft to.
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Red Channel
Marker Buoy:
Traveling upstream, pass to the
left of this buoy, which marks the right side
of the channel.
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Green (or Black)
Channel Marker Buoy:
Going upstream, pass to the
right of this buoy, which marks the left side
of the channel.
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Junction Buoy
(Red over Green):
Marks two channels thtat are coming together.
Pass to the
left of the buoy as you head upstream.
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Junction Buoy
(Green over Red):
Two channels come together and you should
pass to the
right of the buoy going upstream.
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Boats Keep Out Buoy:
Used to mark a swimming area, area
near a dam, or any area where boats are not allowed.
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Danger Buoy:
Marks an
obstruction, ferry cable, or other spot where boats
should not navigate or should use extreme caution.
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Information Buoy:
Provides
informaton. Words printed in black (usually inside
the border) give place names, distances, directional
arrows, supplies, fuel, etc.
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Control Buoy:
Marks a
restricted area such as slow/no-wake, no skiiing,
etc.
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Passing Daymark
(Red):
Mounted on poles in the water or on the bank and
used in the same way as a channel marker buoy. This
example marks the right side of the channel as you
go upstream.
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Passing Daymark
(Green):
Mounted on poles in the water or on the bank and
used in the same way as a channel marker buoy. This
example marks the left side of the channel as you go
upstream.
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Channel Crossing
Daymark (Red):
Mounted on poles in the water or on the bank
and indicating that the channel is crossing from the
right bank to the left bank as you go upstream.
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Channel Crossing
Daymark (Green):
Mounted on poles in the water or on the bank
and indicating that the channel is crossing from the
left bank to the right bank as you go upstream.
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