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THE SALTY MERMAID
THE SALTY MERMAID is a 2021 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2023, most recently in July 2025, along with 6 deficiencies.
Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 July 2025.
- Built
- 2021
- Last inspected
- 8 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1316819
WDP2029
1677275
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1677275
Inspections, by type
Years with a record
2 calendar years (2023–2025)
The 3 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)40.0 ft × 12.0 ft × 3.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 6 / net 6
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTRIDENT FLORIDA TRADING CO LLC · TAVARES, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2021
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionGasoline Outboard
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationTwin Hull
Hailing portCLEARWATER BEACH, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational
DocumentationValid · issued 31 July 2026 · expires 31 August 2027
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it6 - Simplified, Gross Ton
6 - Simplified, Net Ton
6 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
Inspection history · 3
8 July 2025
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8179443
9 August 2023
Initial Certification · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7757996
18 April 2023
Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7658311
Deficiency record · 6
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 July 2025
Resolved
Each item of lifesaving equipment determined by the marine inspector to not be in serviceable condition must be repaired or replaced. MI observed deteriorating ring buoy and line. Replace ring buoy and line.
46 CFR 176.808(b)
17c
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 July 2025
Resolved
Each item of lifesaving equipment determined by the marine inspector to not be in serviceable condition must be repaired or replaced. MI observed deteriorating life jackets. Replace 10 life jackets. Passenger count is reduced to 31 until life jackets are replaced.
46 CFR 176.808(b)
705 c
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 July 2025
Resolved
Each floating waterlight must be approved in accordance with § 161.010 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant, including, but not limited to, approval series 160.110. MI observed floating waterlight not within specified specs. Replace floating light with approved type. Vessel restricted to daylight operations until light is replaced.
46 CFR 180.70(d)(1)
705 c
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 24 July 2025
Resolved
A vessel on a lakes, bays, and sounds, or rivers route must carry three hand red flare distress signals approved in accordance with § 160.021 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant and three hand orange smoke distress signals approved in accordance with § 160.037 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant. MI observed 3 red hand flares and 1 orange smoke signal. Acquire additional 2 red hand flares or orange smoke signals.
46 CFR 180.68(b)(2)
701 c
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
A vessel that is exposed to salt water more than three months in any 12 month period since the last examination must undergo a drydock examination and an internal structural at least once every two years. Vessel was due for drydock examination on 30Apr2025 and has yet to receive a drydock exam.
46CFR176.600(c)(1)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
Vessel must undergo an annual inspection as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section. Vessel must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the anniversary date. Vessels anniversary date was 26Sep2023, and vessel has missed last two annual inspections. Vessel shall not operate with passengers until an annual inspection has been complete.
46CFR176.500(b)
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.