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Sail and Power Boating  Boating is fun..We'll show you how DISTRICT 28
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What 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.
November 20, 2009
| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| Wesley S. Heusser |
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10/15/2009 |
| TOTAL |
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LAKE MOHAVE
| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| Patrick Bramble | 3 | 3 | 6/16/2009 |
| TOTAL |
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PHOENIX
| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| Terry Gray | 5 | 2 | 5/16/2009 |
| Jean Gray | 6 | 3 | 6/24/2009 |
| William A. Johnson |
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5/24/2009 |
| John J. Lusson |
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7/28/2009 |
| Jackie Wanta |
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5/23/2009 |
| Ron D. Werner |
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7/03/2009 |
| Rose M. Werner |
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10/17/2009 |
| TOTAL |
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| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| Lee G. Hornbrook | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert B. Hubbard | 12 | 10 | 5/23/2009 |
| Katherine Law |
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6/28/2009 |
| Shaun McArdle | 38 | 25 | 11/19/2009 |
| Edwin Mraz |
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11/18/2008 |
| TOTAL | 75 | 54 |
| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| TOTAL |
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| NAME |
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LAST CHECK DATE |
| Edward Brunjes |
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9/12/2009 |
| Chris Kurtz | 11 | 8 | 7/23/2009 |
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TOTALS |
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prior year |
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Relative to prior year |
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| 2009 | 553 | 134% | 476 | 142% |
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413 | 83% | 336 | 87% | 81% |
| 2007 | 498 | 150% | 387 | 141% | 78% |
| 2006 | 331 | 132% | 274 | 141% | 83% |
| 2005 | 251 | 117% | 195 | 124% | 78% |
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150% |
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144% | 72% |
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146% |
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158% | 75% |
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104% |
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95% | 70% |
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-- | 77% |
To contact a Vessel Safety Check Examiner near you all you need is your zip code.
P/C Ron Werner, JN
This page last updated November 20, 2009