Why don't you call up the federal regulators. Where I got the info from
Federal Regulations
Jack
btw did you ever figure it out Roger Clinton

"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:24:04 -0700, "Jack Rye"
.# wrote:

Ocean, 3-50 miles from the coastline; or more than 3 miles from the
coastline on the Great Lakes 3 Parachute flares approval series 46 CFR
160.136, or 160.036; plus 6 hand flares, approval series 46 CFR 160.121
or
160.021; plus 3 smoke signals, approval series 46 CFR 160.122, 160.022,
or
160.037.

Are you saying for the Great Lakes a vessel of , say, 30ft must carry

3 Parachute flares
6 hand flares
6 smoke signals

Maybe I'm reading this wrong.