HAPPY LIFE is a 2001 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2022, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2005.
Records from 2005 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 December 2025.
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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.
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Registered dimensions (L × B × D)41.8 ft × 11.3 ft × 3.9 ft
Registered tonnagegross 12 / net 12
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderCANAL BOATS INC · FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2001
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionGasoline Outboard
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portMIAMI, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 15 October 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it12 - Simplified, Net Ton 12 - Simplified, Gross 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.
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07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 29 October 2024Resolved
A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump by 181.300 must have at least three 9.5 liter (1/2 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words “FIRE BUCKET” must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket.
Vessel only has 2 or the required 3 fire buckets.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 November 2024
Resolved 14 November 2024
Resolution: Vessel acquired the required amount of fire buckets.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 29 October 2024Resolved
Portable fire extinguishers must be located so that they are clearly visible and readily accessible from the space being protected. The installation and location must be to the satisfaction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. Fire extinguishers do not have the required brackets.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 November 2024
Resolved 14 November 2024
Resolution: Proper fire extinguisher brackets installed.
8 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2271764
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Recorded names · 1
BROWARD (2005). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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