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title: Requirements for Powered and Sailboats up to 6m - Canada
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### Here's the list of boating safety equipment you'll need in your boat:

 

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

of appropriate size for each person on board

**[A Buoyant heaving line](https://aceboater.com/buoyant-heaving-line)**

at least than 15 m (49’3”) long

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

***Note: **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”).*

### If the boat is equipped with a motor:

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

or

**Three [pyrotechnic distress signals](https://aceboater.com/flares),** not more than one of which is a smoke signal

***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.*

**[A manual propelling device](https://aceboater.com/manual-propelling-device)**

or

**[An anchor](https://aceboater.com/anchor-danforth-grapnel-plough-mushroom)**

and at least 15 m (49’3”) of cable, rope or chain in any combination

**[A bailer or a manual water pump](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.*

**[A sound-signaling appliance or a sound-signaling 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)**

meet the requirements set out in the *Collision Regulations*

***Note**:*

1. *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.).*
2. *Sailing vessels less than 7 m in length can meet this requirement with a watertight flashlight.*

**[A 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 sea marks (navigation marks).*

**[A fire extinguisher (5 BC)](https://aceboater.com/fire-extinguishers)**

if the pleasure craft is equipped with an inboard engine, a fixed fuel tank of any size, or a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigeration appliance

**[A radar reflector](https://aceboater.com/radar-reflector-boat-placement) **

is required under certain conditions

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