The US Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel are going to be looking at the material condition of your vessel. They will be looking at the hull, thru hull piping, engine compartments, bitts, chocks and cleats, free-board, bilges, bilge pumps, side plating, frames, navigation lights (if required), VHF radio (if required),etc.
They will be looking at safety items. Personal Flotation Devices "PFD's" (proper number, size and condition), life rings, immersion suits (if required), life rafts (if required), means of escape (if required), Electronic Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon "EPIRB" (if required), some efficient means of making a sound, flares (if required), fire extinguishers, flame arrestors, Marine Sanitation Devices "MSD" (if required), MARPOL or other placards (if required), etc.
They will also look at the documentation, such as registration (if required), Hull Identification Number "HIN", boating licence or documentation (if required), insurance, fishing or other recreational "licenses".
There are other unique variables that will come in to play also on a case by case basis.
COI Certificate of Inspection ------------------------------------------------------- It depends. If the boat is a recreational boat then the state Registration is the required document. The same is true for a boat carrying six or less paying passengers, and the operator must have a USCG License. But if the boat is carrying more than six paying passengers then they must have two documents. One is the vessels US Coast Guard Documentation. The other is the Certificate of Inspection. However if the boat is operated on a lake where the US Coast Guard does not have jurisdiction, then they must have the same documents but from the State of South Carolina.
If it is a US. vessel it depends on the certificate of inspection issued by the US Coast Guard. The USCG considers stability, and area of operation.
Yes, if the boat is under coast guard jurisdiction, or some other place that has adopted coast-guard regulations for fire extinguishers, then any REQUIRED fire extinguisher aboard must be coast-guard approved and labelled accordingly.
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Must be coast guard approved
Must be coast guard approved
Must be Coast Guard approved
Must be Coast Guard approved
Must be Coast Guard approved
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