ON ISLAND

An inflatable liferaft or inflatable buoyant apparatus must be serviced at a facility specifically approved by the Commandant for the particular brand, and in accordance with servicing procedures meeting the requirements of part 160, subpart 160.151, of this chapter—

At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification, the owner or managing operator must be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspection of its fire protection equipment, including the following: (1) Inspection of each portable fire extinguisher, semi-portable fire extinguisher, and fixed gas fire extinguishing system to check for excessive corrosion and general condition; Service installed fire boy on vessel.

(a) The owner, charterer, master or managing operator shall instruct each crew member, upon first being employed and prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular vessel and at least once every three months, as to the duties that the crew member is expected to perform in an emergency including, but not limited to, the emergency instructions listed on the emergency instruction placard required by § 185.510 of this part and, when applicable, the duties listed in the station bill required by § 185.514 of this part.

(c) Each fixed power bilge pump must be self priming. It may be driven off the main engine or other source of power. It must be permanently connected to the bilge manifold and may also be connected to the fire main. If of sufficient capacity, a power bilge pump may also serve as a fire pump.

§ 185.510 Emergency instructions. (a) The master and crew of a vessel will be familiar with the content of and have mounted at the operating station, emergency instructions containing the actions to be taken in the event of fire, heavy weather, or man overboard conditions. (b) Except when in the judgment of the cognizant OCMI the operation of a vessel does not present one of the hazards listed, the emergency instruction placard should contain at least the applicable portions of the “Emergency Instructions” listed in § 185.512. The emergency instructions must be designed to address the particular equipment, arrangement, and operation of each individual vessel. (c) If the cognizant OCMI determines that there is no suitable mounting surface aboard the vessel, the emergency instructions need not be posted but must be carried aboard the vessel and be available to the crew for familiarization.

§ 185.520 Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training. (a) The master shall conduct sufficient drills and give sufficient instructions to make sure that all crew members are familiar with their duties during emergencies that necessitate abandoning ship or the recovery of persons who have fallen overboard. (b) Each abandon ship drill must include: (1) Summoning the crew to report to assigned stations and prepare for assigned duties; (2) Summoning passengers on a vessel on an overnight voyage to muster stations or embarkation stations and ensuring that they are made aware of how the order to abandon ship will be given; (3) Checking that life jackets are correctly donned; (4) Operation of any davits used for launching liferafts; and (5) Instruction on the automatic and manual deployment of survival craft. (c) Each abandon ship drill must, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency. (d) Each rescue boat required in accordance with § 180.210 of this chapter must be launched with its assigned crew aboard and maneuvered in the water as if during an actual man overboard situation: (1) Once each month, if reasonable and practicable; but (2) At least once within a 3 month period before the vessel gets underway with passengers. (e) Onboard training in the use of davit launched liferafts must take place at intervals of not more than 3 months on a vessel with a davit launched liferaft. (f) Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry shall include the following information: (1) Date of the drill and training; and (2) General description of the drill scenario and training topics. § 185.524 Fire fighting drills and training. (a) The master shall conduct sufficient fire drills to make sure that each crew member is familiar with his or her duties in case of a fire. (b) Each fire drill must include: (1) Summoning passengers on a vessel on an overnight voyage to muster or embarkation stations; (2) Summoning the crew to report to assigned stations and to prepare for and demonstrate assigned duties; and (3) Instruction in the use and location of fire alarms, extinguishers, and any other fire fighting equipment on board. (c) Each fire drill must, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency. (d) Fire fighting drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry shall include the following information: (1) Date of the drill and training; and (2) General description of the drill scenario and training topics.

Each hatchcover must be attached to the hatch frame or coaming by hinged, captive chains, or to other devices to prevent its loss. Hatch covers were not attached to the frame. 46 CFR 171.124(b)(3)

(a) An inflatable liferaft or inflatable buoyant apparatus must be serviced at a facility specifically approved by the Commandant for the particular brand, and in accordance with servicing procedures meeting the requirements of part 160, subpart 160.151, of this chapter - (1) No later than the month and year on its servicing sticker affixed under 46 CFR 160.151-57(n), except that servicing may be delayed until the next scheduled inspection of the vessel, provided that the delay does not exceed 5 months; and (2) Whenever the container is damaged or the container straps or seals are broken

Distress flares and smoke signals. (a) Oceans, coastwise, limited coastwise, and Great Lakes routes. A vessel on an oceans, coastwise, limited coastwise, or Great Lakes route must carry - (1) Six hand red flare distress signals approved in accordance with § 160.021 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant, including, but not limited to, approval series 160.121; and Six hand orange smoke distress signals approved in accordance with § 160.037 in subchapter Q

A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit that meets the requirements in 46 CFR 199.175(b)(10) or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. For equivalent kits, the contents must be stowed in a suitable, watertight container that is marked “First-Aid Kit”. A first-aid kit must be easily visible and readily available to the crew.

(b) Each life jacket, immersion suit, and ring life buoy must be marked in clearly legible block capital letters with the vessel's name. 46CFR185.604 (b)

All fuel tanks must be electrically bonded to a common ground. Fuel tank ground was found unattached; needs to be properly secured.

Shutoff valves, installed so as to close against the flow of fuel, must be fitted in the fuel supply lines, one at the tank connection and one at the engine end of the fuel line to stop fuel flow when servicing accessories. Fuel shutoff valve needs to be moved to the correct valve

Vapor barriers must be provided where insulation of any type is used in spaces where flammable and combustible liquids or vapors are present, such as machinery spaces and paint lockers. Wet exhaust piping penetration was filled with fire stop and was cracked with a large 1/2" opening to the machinery space. Barrier must be present for installed fireboy.

Vessels dry dock and ISE are expired on 22JAN22. Vessel is restricted from operating with passengers until corrected to the satisfaction of Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Provide updated Communications Act Safety Radiotelephony Certificate per 47CFR80.903 to include MF–DSC frequency transmitter or what the FCC exemption specifies. Vessel is restricted from operating beyond the 20 nautical mile.