Coast Guard Auxiliary Boat Inspection

[ppem45]

I am having my boat inspected by the Coast Guard Auxiliary tomorrow morning and just thought I would post it as a reminder to anyone getting ready to commission or have already commissioned your boat. It is free and is a great way to start the year off knowing you are good to go.

 

[Hugs Tug]

could not agree with you more.
Put the boat in last Saturday and had the inspection on Sunday.
Sort gives a peaceful easy feeling knowing that everything is the way it should be.

Tom

 

[Megabyte]

Had mine done last weekend. Quick and painless.

You can prepare for, then request a VSC by going here:
http://www.safetyseal.net/

 

[B-Faithful]

make sure if you are over 26' you have your oil disposal decals :shock: :lol:

 

[ppem45]

If I may elaborate on B-Faithful's post, it is listed on the CG VSC as a Marpol Trash Placard and also you need to get your Pollution Placard if you are 26' or more. Thanks for bringing that to the attention of the CP members B-Faithful

 

[HM5]

Yeah, and in RI a 2520 gets titled as a 26' ! :x :x Difference of $20 a year reg AND I have to have a bell! :shock: State didn't change when the Federal requirements did.

 

[Megabyte]

Yeah, and in RI a 2520 gets titled as a 26' ! :x :x Difference of $20 a year reg AND I have to have a bell! :shock: State didn't change when the Federal requirements did.

RI makes you fix a bell!? That is crazy!

From the Virtual VSC...
http://www.safetyseal.net/what_is_vsc.asp

Item 8 - Sound Producing Devices / Bell:

To comply with Navigation Rules and for distress signaling purposes all boats must carry a sound producing device (whistle, horn, siren, etc.) capable of a 4-second blast audible for ½ mile. *Boats larger than 39.4 ft. are also required to have a bell (see Navigation Rules.)

*Under a recent change, a vessel 12 meters (39.4 ft) to less than 20 meters (65 ft) is no longer required to carry a bell on board.

The Coast Guard said: "The bottom-line, a bell is no longer required on a vessel less than 20 meters in length. That of course means a bell is not required for those same vessels for successful completion of a VSC."

 

[HM5]

Yeah, it is realy dumb. :? :?

RIGL 46-22-5 e) Every motorboat of Class 2 or 3 shall be provided with an efficient bell.

I carry a 10" stew pot and a metal serving spoon. It makes a bell sound that can be heard at a distance, and it sounds like a bell. DEM Enforcement approves. It also doubles as an alternate dewatering device :lol:

Here is the whole thing FYI
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE46/46-22/46-22-5.HTM

This has been a topic of conversation with the state boating safety guys, Power Squaderon, and Aux inspectors, but no resolution

 

[B-Faithful]

If I may elaborate on B-Faithful's post, it is listed on the CG VSC as a Marpol Trash Placard and also you need to get your Pollution Placard if you are 26' or more. Thanks for bringing that to the attention of the CP members B-Faithful

I found out myself when I went to get my USCG sticker the other weekend.. My builder tried giving me the pollution placard when I took delivery of my boat and I told them I didnt want to stick it on my boat :lol: Now I have to get it :roll:

 

[Megabyte]

So, what's the fine for not having a pollution sticker? or,

keep the sticker in a cabinet and pull out when stopped. :wink:

You can have the sticker on a tool box and you are covered, so long as the tool box stays on the boat.
Nothing says the sticker has to be stuck to the boat itself.

 

[Bryan 2530]

For a charter boat, we have to have it in prominent location where the crew will see it. That is on a 40'.

I thought the regs were the same for all vessels over 26' but I could be wrong.

 

[Megabyte]

For a charter boat, we have to have it in prominent location where the crew will see it. That is on a 40'.

I thought the regs were the same for all vessels over 26' but I could be wrong.

For an inspected vessel, that would be correct.
Uninspected vessels are show on demand.

At least that was what the inspector told me.