Motorboating  11/90



1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA

   swimmer  test.   Jump feetfirst into water over your  head  in

   depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a STRONG manner using one

   or  more of the following strokes:  sidestroke,  breaststroke,

   trudgen,  or crawl;  then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using  an

   easy, resting backstroke.  The 100 yards or 100 meters must be

   swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn.   After

   completing  the  swim,  rest  by  floating  as  motionless  as

   possible.



2. Show you know safety laws for motorboating:

   a. Have a permit to run a motorboat, if needed.

   b. Explain laws affecting pleasure boating in your state.

   c. Discuss with your counselor how the hazards of weather  and

      heavy   water  conditions  can  affect  both   safety   and

      performance in motorboating.

   d. Promise that you will live up to the Scout  Boating  Code.

      Explain the meaning of each point.

   e. Discuss with your counselor the nautical rules of the  road

      and   describe  the  national  and  your  state   aids   to

      navigation.

   f. Explain and show the correct use of equipment required  by

      both  state and federal regulations to be carried aboard  a

      motorboat.

   g. Explain the requirement on federal and  state  ventilation

      rules and state why this is needed.



3. Show  you know how to run a motorboat by doing  the  following

   the right way:

   a. Get in a boat.

   b. Fuel and check motor before starting.

   c. Start motor and get under way from a dock or beach.

   d. Run a straight course for a quarter mile.  Make right-angle

      turns to left and right.  Make a U-turn.

   e. Stop boat.  Drop anchor.  Raise it.  Get under way.

   f. Come alongside a dock.  Tie up or beach.



4. Show how to:

   a. Tie up or take boat from the water.

   b. Store gear.

   c. Prepare motor for the winter.