Glossary of Boating Accidents Terms
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Cabin motorboat - A motorboat equipped with accommodation spaces, i.e., bunks or berths.
Canoe - A small narrow boat, propelled by paddles. Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be covered.
Capsizing - Overturning of a vessel.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Death or injury resulting from an odorless, colorless gas generated from auxiliary boat equipment (stoves, heaters, refrigerators, generators, hot water heaters, etc.), another boat’s exhaust, or the exhaust of the vessel on which persons were either aboard or in close proximity.
Careless/Reckless Operation - A vessel is being operated carelessly or negligently when it endangers the life, limb or property of persons onboard or other vessels.
Collision with fixed object - The striking of any fixed object, above or below the surface of the water.
Collision with floating object - Collision with any waterborne object above or below the
surface that is free to move with the tide, current, or wind, except another vessel.
Collision with vessel - Any striking together of two or more vessels, regardless of operation at time of the accident, is a collision.
Congested Waters - Where the body of water is either too small or narrow to safely accommodate the number of boats on it.
Cruising - Proceeding normally, unrestricted, with an absence of drastic rudder or engine changes
