Power Boating
Requirements
1. Have the Advanced Beginner’s Level of the Swimming honor.
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:
- a. Abaft
- b. Abeam
- c. Aboard
- d. Aft or After
- e. Amidships
- f. Astern
- g. Beam
- h. Below
- i. Bend
- j. Bilge
- k. Bow
- l. Bulkhead
- m. Cleats
- n. Draft
- o. Freeboard
- p. Keel
- q. Leeward
- r. Port
- s. Starboard
- t. Stern
- u. Trim
- v. Windward
10. Show how to properly operate a power boat by doing the following:
- a. Assist in putting a boat in the water from a boat trailer.
- b. Check for all safety equipment. Check fuel and motor.
- c. Start motor and get underway from a beach or dock.
- d. 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.
- e. From a stop, drop and retrieve the anchor.
- f. Dock or beach with proper tie up.
- g. 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.
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
Adapted from AY Honors/Power Boating on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
Found a mistake? Report it.
This is an unofficial community site. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the North American Division, or the official Pathfinder Wiki. Content is adapted from the Pathfinder Wiki under CC BY-SA 3.0.