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![Paddleboard](https://21118949.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/21118949/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/paddleboard.png?width=1100&height=709&name=paddleboard.png)

## If everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket or a PFD of appropriate size, only the following equipment is required on board:

**One (1) [sound-signaling device](https://aceboater.com/sound-signalling-appliance-device) or appliance;**

**One (1) [watertight flashlight](https://aceboater.com/watertight-flashlight-distress)**

(only required if the boat is operated after sunset, before sunrise or in periods of restricted visibility (fog, falling snow, etc). 

### If someone on board is not wearing a lifejacket or a PFD of appropriate size, you must add the following equipment:

**One approved [Personal Flotation Device ](https://aceboater.com/pfd-personal-flotation-device-transport-canada)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.*

**One [buoyant heaving line ](https://aceboater.com/buoyant-heaving-line)at least 15m (49’3”) long**

**One [reboarding device](https://aceboater.com/reboarding-devices)**

***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”). *

**One [bailer or manual bilge pump or bilge-pumping equipment](https://aceboater.com/bailer-manual-water-pump) **

***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.*

**One [sound-signaling appliance](https://aceboater.com/sound-signalling-appliance-device) or [sound-signaling device ](https://aceboater.com/en/sound-signalling-appliance-device)that meets the applicable standards set out in the *Collision Regulations* **

**[Navigation lights ](https://aceboater.com/navigation-lights)for human-powered pleasure craft that meet the requirements set out in the *Collision Regulations***

***Note:***

- *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.).*
- *For a human-powered vessel, this requirement can be met with a watertight flashlight.*

**One [magnetic compass](https://aceboater.com/magnetic-compass-marine-boat)**

***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).*

**One [radar reflector](https://aceboater.com/radar-reflector-boat-placement) is required under certain conditions**

*If the human-powered pleasure craft is more than 6 m long, you must add: *

**One [watertight flashlight](https://aceboater.com/manual-propelling-device)**

**Six [pyrotechnic distress signals](https://aceboater.com/flares), not more than two of which are smoke signals**

OR

At least three pyrotechnic distress signals, not more than one of which is a smoke signal, if there is also a means of two way electronic communications on board (i.e., cell phones, satellite phones, VHF, 406 MHz personal locater beacons, or EPIRB).

***Note:** Flares are not required for a pleasure craft that:*

- *is operating on a river, canal or lake in which it can never be more than one (1) nautical mile (1.852 km) from shore; **or***
- *has no sleeping quarters and is engaged in an official competition, or in final preparation for an official competition.*

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