AQUA TIKI

Sidelights mean a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side each showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 112.5 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on its respective side. Port and Starboard lights were installed too far inboard, rendering them invisible from the sides of the vessel. Vessel restricted to day time operations until rectified. 705 - Daylight restricted until rectified.

The owner, managing operator, or a qualified servicing facility as applicable must conduct the following inspections and tests:(1) Portable and semi-portable extinguishers must be inspected and maintained in accordance with NFPA 10 (incorporated by reference, see § 175.600 of this chapter) as amended here:(i) Certification or licensing by a state or local jurisdiction as a fire extinguisher servicing agency will be accepted by the Coast Guard as meeting the personnel certification requirements of NFPA 10 for annual maintenance and recharging of extinguishers. Annual servicing has not been completed this year.

Each ring life buoy with a floating waterlight must have a lanyard of at least 910 millimeters (3 feet) in length, but not more than 1,830 millimeters (6 feet), securing the waterlight around the body of the ring life buoy.(3) Each floating waterlight installed after March 11, 1997, on a vessel carrying only one ring buoy, must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip. The clip must have a strength of at least 22.7 kilograms (50 pounds), and allow the waterlight to be quickly disconnected from the ring life buoy. Floating water light was secured to ring buoy grab line with an abnormally large clip. When reinstalled around the body the lanyard became entangled with the clip, rendering it to be not able to be quickly disconnected.