--- title: Required safety equipment for power boats and sailboats 9 to12m description: One Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or Lifejacket - One buoyant heaving line - One lifebuoy - One reboarding device image: https://21118949.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21118949/courses/usa2024/images/images-transparentes/cabin-boat-01.png --- ![Requirements for Powerboats and Sailboats over 9m and up to 12m](https://21118949.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/21118949/hubfs/courses/usa2024/images/images-transparentes/cabin-boat-01.png?width=400&height=225&name=cabin-boat-01.png) ![Required safety equipment for power boats and sailboats 9m to 12m](https://21118949.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/21118949/hubfs/courses/pcoc2021/images/minimum-safety-equipment-sail-and-power-boats-upto-12m.png?width=985&height=204&name=minimum-safety-equipment-sail-and-power-boats-upto-12m.png) **One [Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or Lifejacket](https://aceboater.com/pfd-personal-flotation-device-transport-canada)** of appropriate size for each person on board **One  [buoyant heaving line](https://aceboater.com/buoyant-heaving-line)** at least than 15 m (49’3”) long **One [lifebuoy](https://aceboater.com/approved-lifebuoy-canada) ** attached to a buoyant line at least 15 m (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 [watertight flashlight](https://aceboater.com/watertight-flashlight-distress)** **Twelve [pyrotechnic distress signals](https://aceboater.com/flares), not more than six of which are smoke signals.** **or** **At least six pyrotechnic distress signals, not more than three of which are smoke signals,** 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.* **One [anchor](https://aceboater.com/anchor-danforth-grapnel-plough-mushroom)** and at least 30 m (98’5”) of cable, rope or chain in any combination **One [manual bilge pump or bilge-pumping arrangements](https://aceboater.com/bailer-manual-water-pump)** ***Note:** A bailer or manual bilge pump is not required for a pleasure craft that cannot hold enough water to make it capsize or a pleasure craft that has watertight compartments that are sealed and not readily accessible.* **One [sound-signalling appliance](https://aceboater.com/sound-signalling-appliance-device) or a [sound-signalling device](https://aceboater.com/sound-signalling-appliance-device) ** that meets the requirements set out in the *Collision Regulations*  **[Navigation lights](https://aceboater.com/navigation-lights)** that meet the requirements set out in the *Collision Regulations* **One [magnetic compass](https://aceboater.com/magnetic-compass-marine-boat)** **One 10BC [fire extinguisher](https://aceboater.com/fire-extinguishers)** if the pleasure craft is equipped with motor **and** **One 10BC [fire extinguisher](https://aceboater.com/fire-extinguishers)** if the pleasure craft is equipped with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigeration appliance  **One [radar reflector](https://aceboater.com/radar-reflector-boat-placement) ** is required under certain conditions - 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