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DISTRICT 28
Balboa
Lake
Mohave
Phoenix
San Diego
San Luis
Rey
South BayWhat is a Vessel Safety Check (VSC)? A Vessel Safety Check is a courtesy examination of your boat (Vessel) to verify the presence and condition of certain Safety Equipment required by State and the Federal regulations. The Vessel Examiner is a trained specialist and is a member or the US Power Squadrons or the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. They will also make certain recommendations and discuss certain safety issues that will make you a safer boater.
A Vessel Safety Check involves (where appropriate)
- Numbering
- Registration
- Personal flotation devices (PFD's)
- Visual distress signals
- Fire extinguishers
- Ventilation
- Backfire flame arrester
- Sound producing devices
- Navigations lights
- Pollution placard
- Marpol Trash Placard
- Marine sanitation device
- Navigation rules
- State and local requirements
- Overall boat condition
- Deck free of hazards and clean bilge
- Electrical and fuel Systems
- Fuel systems-portable fuel tanks
- Galley and heating Systems
This is not boarding or a law enforcement issue. No citations will be given as a result of this encounter. We will supply you with a copy of our evaluation so that you may follow the suggestions given. Vessels that pass will be able to display our distinctive VSC decal. This does not exempt you from law enforcement boarding, but you can be prepared to make this a positive encounter.
District 28 Vessel Safety Check Report
December 30, 2011BALBOA
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE Wesley S. Heusser 683 589 12/28/2011 TOTAL 683 589
LAKE MOHAVE
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE Patrick Bramble 0 0 6/02/2010 TOTAL 0 0
PHOENIX
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE Terry Gray 6 2 5/21/2011 Jean Gray 7 4 5/21/2011 William A. Johnson 9 4 5/22/2011 Christopher Lockyer-Bratton 7 6 5/21/2011 John J. Lusson 22 16 8/19/2011 Jackie Wanta 6 5 7/30/2011 Ron D. Werner 9 7 5/22/2011 Rose M. Werner 7 6 5/22/2011 TOTAL 73 50 SAN DIEGO
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE Robert Gibbs 12 10 6/19/2011 Lee G. Hornbrook 5 4 2/27/2011 Robert B. Hubbard 23 20 7/01/2011 Katherine Law 19 14 9/26/2011 Donald Litzenberg 36 32 12/03/2011 Shaun McArdle 54 42 11/18/2011 Michael Philbrook 6 3 9/30/2011 TOTAL 155 125 SAN LUIS REY
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE David Copenhaver 3 3 7/28/2011 Jan I. Follestad 9 9 9/10/2011 Vicki R. Guillen 7 7 5/21/2011 Ken D. Ridley 0 0 TOTAL 19 19 SOUTH BAY
NAME TOTAL CHECKS # PASSED LAST CHECK DATE Edward Brunjes 1 1 9/29/2011 Chris Kurtz 9 7 6/20/2011 TOTAL 10 8 The squadrons of USPS District 28 have 23 qualified Vessel Safety Check Examiners
DISTRICT 28
TOTALSChecks Relative to
prior yearPassed Relative to
prior yearPass/Fail 2011 940 123% 791 125% 84% 2010 763 127% 632 123% 83% 2009 602 146% 513 153% 85% 2008 413 83% 336 87% 81% 2007 498 150% 387 141% 78% 2006 331 132% 274 141% 83% 2005 251 117% 195 124% 78% 2004 217 150% 157 144% 72% 2003 145 146% 109 158% 75% 2002 99 104% 69 95% 70% 2001 95 -- 73 -- 77%
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Chairman District 28 Vessel Safety Check Committee
P/C Ron Werner, SN
This page last updated January 2, 2012