Required boating safety equipment includes life jackets (or PFDs) for everyone onboard, a fire extinguisher, sound producing device (an airhorn), visual distress signals (flares), and a throwable flotation device. You should also have a first aid kit, a VHF radio, an anchor with sufficient rode line for the water depths, oars, sun protection ... More @Wikipedia
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