USPSŪ is the first organization to join the USCGAux
in the first expansion of the NEW VSCP with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) in January 2000. With the signing of this agreement USPS Leadership is
committed to making the VSC Program work.
A joint program like this requires a TEAM Spirit. USPS and the USCGAux have
always been partners in the safe boating education arena. USPS has been a national
leader in Safe Boating Education. "Safe Boating Through Education" has been
the cornerstone of our organization for over 85 years. We all know Recreational
Boating Safety saves lives. VSCP provides significant benefits to recreational
boaters. Missing, damaged, and/or malfunctioning safety equipment for recreational
vessels can be identified at the dock or on land and installed, replaced, or
fixed to ensure ready availability in a potential emergency.
Thanks to a grant from the Aquatic Resources (Wallop-Breaux)
Trust Fund administered by The United States Coast Guard, boaters throughout
North America will soon be able to test their boating knowledge by watching
a one-hour television program entitled, "The United
States Power Squadrons' National Boating Test." Check your local
listings for times.
In addition to the one-hour television program, following the
broadcasting of the show, USPS will be distributing 10,000 videos entitled,
"Test Your Boating Knowledge with the USPS National
Safe Boating Test." The videos will be sent to 450 units of the
USPS, 56 state and U.S. Territory boating law administrators, the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary and to various boating safety organizations throughout the country.
An interactive, Internet Web site for the USPS National Safe Boating Test, www.usps.org/nsbt/ also enables viewers to test their boating knowledge using an informative, self-marking test.
Click here to review photos
taken during an actual Vessel Safety Check.
For more information about the United States Power Squadron,
you may call any of the officers listed elsewhere on this Web Site. If you are
out of the Oceanside California area, you may call toll free USPS National Headquarters
at (888) 367-8777. In the Oceanside area, call Jerry Porter (Inspector) 760
726-1320 to schedule an inspection..
Get Your Boat Ready For a Safety
Inspection 
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Take a Boat Smart® class. Not a requirement, but strongly suggested. |
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Insure that your boat has the required safety equipment, and you know how to use it. |
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Down load the Acrobat forms listed, so you will know what the inspector wants to see. |
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Make an appointment with an inspector. |
Check off form : VSC
Explanation : VSC Back
More Information: www.safetyseal.net
This page last updated
July 26, 2008