BEACON

As appropriate for the intended voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts of large enough scale to make safe navigation possible. Provide up to date charts. 46 CFR 184.420

Replace damaged life ring with ring meeting 46 CFR 160.050

An inflatable liferaft must be serviced at a facility within 12 months of its initial packing. Provide documentation that annual servicing was conducted as per 46 CFR 185.730

The Coast Guard will issue a medical certificate to a mariner meeting the medical and physical standards for merchant mariners. Provide documentation of current medical certificate. 46 CFR 10.215

(g) Where a flexible fill pipe section is necessary, suitable flexible tubing or hose having high resistance to salt water, petroleum oils, heat and vibration, may be used. Such hose must overlap metallic pipe ends at the least 1 1/2 times the pipe diameter and must be secured at each end by clamps. The flexible section must be accessible and as near the upper end of the fill pipe as practicable. When the flexible section is a nonconductor of electricity, the metallic sections of the fill pipe separated thereby must be joined by a conductor for protection against generation of a static charge when filling with fuel. There is no conducter connecting the aluminum pipe and the fuel tank where flexible hoses are installed in fuel fill line on both outboard fuel tanks (port and starboard), and the diesel fuel tank for heating. Install a conducter connecting the two to prevent static build up.

(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. Drill log is missing a description of drills. Educated vessel rep on how to properly document drills in logs.

(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. Drill log is missing a description of drills. Educated vessel rep on how to properly document drills in logs.

The discharge ends of fuel tank vent pipes must be fitted with removable flame screens or flame arresters. The flame screens must consist of a single screen of corrosion resistant wire of at least 30 × 30 mesh. The flame screens or flame arresters must be of such size and design as to prevent reduction in the net cross sectional area of the vent pipe and permit cleaning or renewal of the flame screens or arrester elements. Flame screen for the lower diesel heater fuel tank vent was missing. Properly outfit fuel tank vent.

Crew training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The training entry shall include the date of the training and a general description of the training topics. Crew training shall address all requirements listed in 46 CFR 185.420 and be completed when the crew member is first employed and prior to getting underway for the first time and at least once every three months. Crew training logs were available but not filled out. Provide crew training records.

Before getting underway or as soon as practicable thereafter, the master of a vessel shall ensure that suitable public announcements are made informing passengers of the requirements in 46 CFR 185.506. Safety orientation was not all-inclusive of the requirements laid out in 46 CFR 185.506. Provide documentation of safety orientation verbiage.

Each life jacket must be marked in clearly legible block capital letters with the vessel's name. The marking is not required on a life jacket carried to meet temporary need for additional life jackets, if the life jacket has the name of another vessel or company marked on it. 06 spare child life jackets were not labeled. Properly label spare PFDs.

Placards containing instructions for the donning and use of the life jackets aboard the vessel must be posted in conspicuous places that are regularly accessible and visible to the crew and passengers. Donning placard was missing at the upper deck accommodation/operating station. Post appropriate donning placard.