Swan Canning Riverpark Boating Guide

1 Recreational Skipper s TicketThe person in charge of a recreational vessel with a motor of 6hp ( kilowatts) or less is not required to hold a Recreational Skippers Ticket (RST). A person in charge of a recreational vessel with a motor greater than 6hp ( kilowatts) is required to hold a RST. You are required to carry your RST card when restrictionsA person under 10 years may not drive a motor boat. RST holders over 14 but under 16 years of age are restricted to operating during daylight hours at a speed less than 8 knots. How to get an RSTIf you would like to get a RST you will need to pass an assessment delivered by an RST provider.

2 The RST provider may also conduct training, but this is not compulsory. You can choose to study on your own, using the RST Workbook, and take the assessment you pass, the RST provider will issue you an RST Interim Certificate. Your RST card will be sent to you through the mail, once your details have been received and processed by the Department of Transport (DoT).RST skills recognition and equivalentsIf you hold a qualification from another state or country that is equivalent to the RST, or have a commercial certificate of competency, you may be eligible for exemption from the RST assessment and can receive an RST through skills more information visit our website - SafeAll windsurfers and kite boarders have a duty of care to ensure their activities are conducted with regard to the prevailing conditions and circumstances and to avoid and windsurfers operating more than 400 metres from shore in unprotected waters must carry safety equipment.

3 Visit our website for more SafeRecreational canoes, kayaks, surf skis, inflatables or similar paddle craft that are propelled by a person using a paddle must comply with WA marine laws. Visit our website for more water craftPersonal water craft (PWC) often called jet skis are craft propelled by an inboard motor powering a water jet pump. The operator sits, stands or kneels on the and similar craft are powerboats as far as the rules are concerned. This means there are rules for the age of skippers, safety equipment, areas they can operate and the distance offshore they can speed. Requirements for skippers of PWCsEvery skipper of a PWC must hold a Recreational Skipper s Ticket (RST).

4 A skipper who is older than 14 but under 16 years of age with an RST may operate a PWC but only during daylight hours and at a maximum speed of 8 equipment Every person on board a PWC must wear a lifejacket at all times: within protected waters or within 400 metres of the shore in unprotected waters a lifejacket Level 150, 100, or 50 / 50S must be worn; between 400 metres and 2 nautical miles from shore in unprotected waters a lifejacket Level 100 or 150 must be worn. You must also carry an in date inshore distress flare kit in serviceable condition; between 2 and 5 nautical miles a lifejacket Level 100 or 150 must be worn.

5 An in date inshore distress flare kit and an in date, registered EPIRB must also be carried. Note PWCs less than metres in length shall not travel greater than 5 nautical miles from the mainland or 1 nautical mile from any island greater than 5 nautical miles from the mainland. PWCs greater than traveling beyond 5 nautical miles of the shore must also carry, in addition to the above, a marine radio and two in date parachute distress , wake and wave jumpingFreestyling is operating a PWC in a way that the skipper of another vessel would be unable to predict its course or speed in order to avoid a collision, this includes doughnuts,180 degree turns, hops and jumps and wake jumping is driving a PWC over a wave or swell with the aim of becoming airborne.

6 The wave or the swell may be formed naturally or by the passage of a and wake jumping is prohibited: within any speed restricted area; within 30 metres of another PWC; within 50 metres of another vessel or person in the water; and in the Swan and Canning Riverpark except in the gazetted freestyle area downstream of the Narrows skiingWater skiing rules and regulationsWater skiing involves being towed over water at a speed of 8 knots or more by a motor boat supported on the surface by a ski or skis, an aquaplane or other apparatus, or your takes at least three people to go water skiing:1.

7 A driver of at least 17 years of age with a An observer of at least 14 years of age3. The person being towed by the taking off with skiers always give way to vessels landing a s k ie take off and landings are only permitted in the designated take-off and landing behind a skierYou must not drive any closer than 50 metres directly behind a skier or any other boat. Trick skiingTrick skiing is prohibited within 100 metres of any take-off and landing areas. Distance from shoreStay at least 50 metres (or as gazetted) from shore except when landing or taking-off a skier in a gazetted take-off and landing rules that apply to power boats also apply to boats towing skiers.

8 There are also some extra rules: a motor boat can t tow a skier between sundown and 8am in the waters of the Swan River or before 9am and after sunset in the waters of the Canning River; deep water take-offs only, except in ski take-off areas; and collision rules still apply in ski areas. This means a ski boat has no priority over a boat that is passing through the ski area informationIn the Swan Canning Riverpark , you may only ski within gazetted ski areas and between times allowed for that area. Ski areas are marked by signs on the foreshore and some also have their boundaries marked by buoys in the water.

9 Most ski areas will also have a pictorial sign describing the rules and regulations that are particular to the area must ski in an anti clockwise direction. See InsetWoodbridgeCavershamPyrtonSandalford The Mission GrantTranby HouseTrafalgarFootbridgeOld MillGovernor Kennedy s FountainMoultonsLandingJetty RuinsTelephoneNatural GasTelephoneBoat RuinsCAUTIONFoul GroundSubmerged PilesWater Pipe8 Knots8 KnotsWater Ski AreaWaterSkiArea5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 Knots5 KnotsDredged to 1 metre along centre line5 knots5 knots5 knots5 knotsMends St ChannelCoode St Channel8 KnotsPWC Area5 Knots5 KnotsSWAN ESTUARY MARINE PARK(Milyu)Refer to Conservation andLand Management Publications(8 Knots)

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