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Klein Vaarbewijs 1 (small craft licence 1) · Chapter 14

Fast boats, national waterways and the Rhine

What comes with a fast motorboat, where you may go fast and water-ski, which regulations apply where, what small vessels must do on national waterways, and what is different on the Rhine.

6 lessons36 questions

About this chapter

A fast motorboat and a personal watercraft have rules of their own: who may steer, what must be on board and where you may go faster than 20 km/h. On the national waterways small vessels have extra rules. And on the Rhine, the Waal and the Lek a separate set of regulations applies, the Rhine Navigation Police Regulations.

In lesson 1 you learn what a fast motorboat is and what comes with it. After that come going fast and water-skiing, which regulations apply where, small vessels on national waterways, and what is different on the Rhine: the lights and the rules of the road for small vessels.

Lessons

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  1. Lesson 1

    The fast motorboat

    What a fast motorboat is, who may steer it, the registration and the mark on both sides, what must be on board and who shares the responsibility.

    8 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
  2. Lesson 2

    Going fast and water-skiing

    What the driver must do, when he wears a lifejacket, where you may go faster than 20 km/h, what the skipper does, the lookout for water-skiing and where you may not swim.

    10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
  3. Lesson 3

    Which regulations apply where

    The BPR almost everywhere, the RPR on the Rhine branches with the BPR rules that apply there too, the four waters with regulations of their own, the oversized seagoing vessel between sea and seaports, and who sets the rules for each water.

    9 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
  4. Lesson 4

    Small vessels on national waterways

    Engine ready, keeping to starboard and no beating to windward, the rivers without keeping to starboard, what is left on the Rhine branches, the radar reflector, and sailboard and kite.

    10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
  5. Lesson 5

    The Rhine: definitions, duties and lights

    No large vessel in the RPR, banks and upstream, alcohol, who may take the helm, the RPR on board, help after an accident, the lights of small vessels and floating equipment at work.

    10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
  6. Lesson 6

    The Rhine: rules of the road for small vessels

    Small vessels leave room for every other vessel, the vessel going upstream chooses the side, the blue board, small vessels among themselves, poor visibility and tips for the river.

    10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete

Test

Chapter test

14 questions from all 6 lessons. You answer everything first and then see your result, with an explanation for each question.

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