130-126th Avenue at Lagoon Lane
Treasure Island, FL 33706

 
"Must Have" Safety Equipment
The government has established a body of rules for boat owners setting forth equipment and safety standards.  It is important you have the required equipment on board your boat and know how to use it. This equipment is not sufficient to ensure your safety, and we recommend you augment this the following equipment with that listed in our "should have" and "nice to have" listings.

Navigation Lights

The Navigation Rules include safety lighting requirements for every type of watercraft. Boat owners are responsible for equipping their boat with the required navigation lights and for displaying them whenever the boat is operated between sunset and sunrise or during periods of of limited visibility, such as fog, rain, or haze.

PWC's are not required to have navigation lights since they are not permitted to operate between the hours of sunset to sunrise.

Purpose and Nature of Navigation Lights

Alert other boats of your presence and relative location.

Tell other boats something of your vessel's size, speed, course, and type (sail or power).

Enable you to properly apply the Navigation Rules for the safety of your vessel and those around you.

 

Types of Navigation Lights

Masthead light: White showing 225 degrees forward (112.5 degrees each side)
All-around light: Showing 360 degrees around horizon.
  • May be white, red, green, yellow depending on function
  • White for a recreational boat navigation or anchor light
Sidelights: Red on port side, green on starboard side.
They show 112.5 degrees on each side of boat from dead ahead to slightly aft of beam.
Sternlights: White showing 135 degrees aft (67.5 degrees from directly astern each side of boat).

 

Visibility Requirements
If your Vessel Length is ...then this light on your vessel ...must be visible for at least
Less than 39.4 feet Masthead light 2 miles
All-around 2 miles
Sidelights 1 mile
Sternlights 2 miles
     
39.4 feet but less than 65.6 feet Masthead light 3 miles
All-around 2 miles
Sidelights 2 miles
Sternlights 2 miles

 

 
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