CAPTAIN SUNSHINES SIGHTSEEING CRUISES

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CAPTAIN SUNSHINES SIGHTSEEING CRUISES is a 1985 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2025, along with 8 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 May 2025.

Built: 1985
Last inspected: 21 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

686030

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WUU-7099

253757

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-253757

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations12

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)31.5 ft × 12.0 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 15 / net 15

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderORLEANS, MA, UNITED STATES · built 1985

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionGasoline Engine

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portDANDRIDGE, TN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery

DocumentationValid · issued 23 December 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

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 it15 - Simplified, Gross Ton
15 - 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 12

21 May 2025 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8142345

14 June 2024 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7935014

14 September 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7797684

6 July 2022 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7499777

4 April 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7425704

15 September 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7313506

16 September 2020 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7059879

15 May 2019 DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6464240

1 May 2018 Examination of Repairs · Plan Review "T" Boat

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6408028

23 May 2017 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6150037

15 May 2017 DAPI Audit · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6147697

26 May 2016 Internal Structural Exam · DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5893454

Deficiency record · 8

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Vessel must carry 3 red flare and 3 smoke distress signals. The flares onboard are expired. Replace flares with ones that are not expired.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 June 2025
Resolved 17 September 2025

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Portable fire extinguishers shall be service annually. Have extinguisher maintenance completed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 24 June 2025
Resolved 17 September 2025

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

The vessel must have a stern light. The stern light does not work.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 24 June 2025
Resolved 17 September 2025

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Vessel must have whistle. Whistle does not work.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 24 June 2025
Resolved 17 September 2025

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard operations

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Vessel must have records of life saving maintenance and emergency drills. Could not find the logs during inspection.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 24 June 2025
Resolved 17 September 2025

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries

Issued 16 September 2020 Resolved

The master shall conduct sufficient drills. Failed to conduct man overboard drills and log them.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 16 September 2020
Resolved 16 September 2020
Resolution: Conducted MOB and logged.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 16 September 2020 Resolved

Portable fire extinguishers will undergo annual maintenance by a local or state licensed personnel. Owner was unable to prove maintenance was completed on portable fire extinguishers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 16 September 2020
Resolved 16 September 2020
Resolution: Fire extinguishers inspected and marked by local fire officials

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Resources and personnel

Issued 16 September 2020 Resolved

Vessel was operating without the full compliment of the crew as required by the Certificate of Inspection.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 16 September 2020
Resolved 16 September 2020
Resolution: Vessel began operating in full compliance of the Certificate of Inspection.

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.