Inland Boating

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Inland Boating
Chapter 9
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Inland Boating

• Part 1 - Chapter 9

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Lesson Objectives

• Nature of inland waters
• Navigation Rules
• Aids to Navigation
• Crossing and Passing Daymarks
• Hazards
• River charts
• Navigate inland waters

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Inland Boating

• What do you think would be the difference in
  coastal and inland water boating?

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Inland Waters

• Rivers
• Lakes
• Canals

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Inland Navigation

• What would be the difference in navigating in
  inland waterways versus coastal or off shore
  waterways?

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Inland Navigation

• Rules
• In force on navigable waterways
• Do not apply to non navigable waterways

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Inland Navigation

• ATONS
• US Aids to Navigation System
• Uniform State Waterways Marking System

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Inland Navigation

• Western River ATONS
• Right descending bank
• Left descending bank

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Inland Navigation

• Western River ATONS
• Who can explain the importance of passing
  daymarks?

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Inland Navigation

• Western River ATONS /Crossing Daymarks
• Diamond shape
• Green and white checkerboard

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Inland Navigation

• Western River ATONS
• What are some of the considerations a boater
  should have about River Buoys?

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Inland Navigation

• Western River ATONS
• Who can remember some advantages of Mile Markers?

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Inland Navigation

• Uniform State Waterways Marking System
• Three types of markers
• Regulatory
• ATONS
• Mooring

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Inland Navigation

• Uniform State Waterways Marking System
• What is the importance of the Regulatory Markers?

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Inland Seamanship

• What are some of the challenges of boating inland
  waters?

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Inland Seamanship

• Changing water depths and current speeds

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Inland Seamanship

• What are some of the hazards of lakes?

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Inland Seamanship

• What are four safety precautions boaters should
  take before going on a river trip?

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River Currents

• What dangers may you encounter when boating on
  rivers?

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River Currents

• River channels
• Can be quite strong
• Are concentrated in the channel
• Hinder movement up stream
• Aid movement down stream

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River Currents

• Behavior of currents
• May run in different directions at different
  depths

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River Currents

• River bends
• Outside bend
• Inside bend
• Differences can cause eddies and slack water

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River Currents

• Other river challenges
• Entering a current
• River debris

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Maintaining Inland Waterways

• Levees
• Revetments

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Maintaining Inland Waterways

• Other devices
• What are some of the other devices and what do
  they do?

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Maintaining Inland Waterways

• Dredging
• Lights on dredge pipelines
• Dredge lights and shapes

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Dams

• Lowhead Dams
• Present on many rivers
• Most dangerous for boaters
• Dangerous backwash

Escape is difficult if caught in the boil Swim
under and down stream Know where they are and
avoid them
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Lowhead Dam
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High Dams

• Stay out of restricted areas
• Marked by signs, buoys, and/or flashing lights
• Upstream strong undertows
• Downstream tailrace boils backwash
• Dam gates
• Wicket gates
• Tainter gates

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Fishing Below Dams

• Dangerous
• Tailrace
• Hydroelectric turbines

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Locks

• Used to raise and lower vessels passing from one
  body of water to another

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Locks

• Priority for use
• Military use and mail packets
• Commercial vessels
• Recreational vessels

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Lock Master

• Who can describe the primary duties of the Lock
  Master?

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Locking Through

• Wear a life jacket
• Approach slowly
• No smoking
• Tie up-use own lines and fenders
• Move out slowly

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River Charts

• What features should a river chart have?

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Commercial Traffic

• Beware ocean going tows can be found on many
  rivers, especially near the mouth
• Watch out for the tow
• Keep clear
• Prop wash
• Blind spot
• VHF communication

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Before You Go

• Study rivers chart
• If moving from one fresh water body to another,
  observe precautions regarding zebra mussels
• Review drawbridge signals and regulations