Required safety equipment for canoes, kayaks, rowboats and rowing shells.
![Canoe](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/usa2024/images/images-transparentes/canoe-boat-01.png?width=400&height=225&name=canoe-boat-01.png)
One approved Personal Flotation Device
of appropriate size for each person on board
Note: A personal flotation device or lifejacket kept on board a human-powered pleasure craft, operated in whitewater must be inherently buoyant.
![PFD](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/pfd-personal-flotation-device.png?width=1100&height=846&name=pfd-personal-flotation-device.png)
at least 15m (49’3”) long
![Buoyant heaving line](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/buoyant-heaving-lines.png?width=1100&height=314&name=buoyant-heaving-lines.png)
Note: A reboarding device is only required if the vertical height that must be climbed to reboard the pleasure craft from the water is over 0.5 m (1’8”).
![Reboarding device](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/reboarding-device.png?width=1100&height=698&name=reboarding-device.png)
One bailer or manual bilge pump or bilge-pumping equipment
Note: A bailer or manual bilge pump is not required for a pleasure craft that will not hold enough water to make it capsize, or a pleasure craft that has watertight compartments that are sealed and not readily accessible.
![Bilge pump](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/bilge-pump.png?width=1100&height=438&name=bilge-pump.png)
One sound-signalling appliance or sound-signalling device
that meets the applicable standards set out in the Collision Regulations
![One sound-signalling appliance or sound-signalling device](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/usa2024/images/images-transparentes/whistle-hr.png?width=640&height=480&name=whistle-hr.png)
for human-powered pleasure craft that meet the requirements set out in the Collision Regulations
Note:
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Navigation lights are only required if the pleasure craft is operated after sunset, before sunrise, or in periods of restricted visibility (fog, falling snow, etc.).
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For a human-powered vessel, this requirement can be met with a watertight flashlight.
![Navigation lights](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/usa2024/images/images-transparentes/navigation-lights-hr.png?width=1100&height=800&name=navigation-lights-hr.png)
One magnetic compass
Note: A magnetic compass is not required if the pleasure craft is 8 m (26’3”) or less and is operated within sight of seamarks (navigation marks).
![Magnetic compass](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/magnetic-compass-2.png?width=1100&height=641&name=magnetic-compass-2.png)
One radar reflector
is required under certain conditions
If the human-powered pleasure craft is more than 6 m long, you must add:
![Radar reflector](https://aceboater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/radar-reflector-3.png?width=1100&height=455&name=radar-reflector-3.png)