GAIL FORCE

Combustibles insulated from heated surfaces. Internal combustion engine exhausts, boiler and galley uptakes, and similar sources of ignition must be kept clear of and suitably insulated from combustible material. Cardboard boxes and open jerry can of diesel fuel were found in the lazarette space with an internal combustion engine (generator). Remove items from space/vessel.

Flexible nonmetallic hose may be used in lube oil, fuel oil and fluid power systems, subject to the following requirements: Flexible hose runs must be visible, easily accessible, protected from mechanical damage, and must not penetrate watertight decks or bulkheads. Flexible fuel hose for generator is transiting through the bulkhead.

When the flexible section of a diesel fuel fill pipe is a nonconductor of electricity, the metallic sections of the filling pipe separated thereby shall be joined by a conductor for protection against static spark when filling. Fuel fills had bonding wires but were not installed properly to make electrically continuous.

Shutoff valves, installed so as to close against the fuel flow, must be fitted in the fuel supply lines, one at the tank connection and one at the engine end of the fuel line to stop fuel flow when servicing accessories. The shutoff valve at the tank must be manually operable from outside the compartment in which the valve is located, preferably from an accessible position on the weather deck. If the handle to the shutoff valve at the tank is located inside the machinery space, it must be located so that the operator does not have to reach more than 300 millimeters (12 inches) into the machinery space and the valve handle must be shielded from flames by the same material the hull is constructed of, or some noncombustible material. Shutoff valves were not properly shielded as the piece of steel does not fully protect the vicinity of the valve handle.

Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to: Protect passengers, crew, other persons, and the vessel from electrical hazards, including fire, caused by or originating in electrical equipment, and electrical shock. Multiple shock hazards identified; E/R light switch missing cover plate, E/R distribution panel missing breaker filler plate, E/R light pulled from junction box and hanging from wires.

Each hatch cover exposed to the weather must be attached to the hatch frame or coamings by hinges, captive chains, or other device to prevent its loss. Lazarette hatch cover had no means to retain on board, provide means to secure hatch to vessel.

Cables entering boxes or fittings shall be protected from abrasion, and shall conform with the following requirements: The cable armor shall be secured to the box or fitting. Bait pump electrical A/C cable entering motor box was found with chaffed armor and missing stuffing tube.

All electrical equipment and circuits must be clearly marked and identified. Properly identify all switches on distribution panel labeled "120/230 VAC 10", multiple breakers not identified for what equipment they supply power to.

Suitable covers, guards, or rails shall be installed in way of all exposed and hazardous places such as gears, machinery, etc. Rotating machinery in E/R is not guarded to prevent accidental contact. Port and STBD engines have expose pulleys and belts

The number and identification of the items stowed inside, and their sizes, must be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers on each container for life jackets. The containers for life jackets on the upper deck were not labeled with the life jacket storage capacity and size.

On a vessel on which the number of passengers on upper decks is limited by stability criteria, as indicated by the vessel's stability letter, the maximum number of passengers allowed on an upper deck must be indicated by a durable marking of at least 1 inch numbers and letters at the entranceway to that deck. The upper deck maximum passenger allowance marking was missing.

Shutoff valves, installed so as to close against the fuel flow, must be fitted in the fuel supply lines, one at the tank connection and one at the engine end to stop fuel flow. Port side fuel valve did not close all the way, the valve hit the fuel tank. Vessel owner fixed the valve handle in order for it to close.

Where liquid level indicating gages are installed, they must be of heat resistant materials, adequately protected from mechanical damage & provided at the tank connections w/devices which automatically close in the event of rupture of the gage or gage lines. Vessel to replace/renew fuel tank sight glass w/one that is of heat resistant material and which is adequately protected, as indicated.

A lifejacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. Vessel's COI calls for 53 lifejackets, but vessel only provided 51. Provide 02 lifejackets. 46 CFR 180.71(a) 10c

Each item of lifesaving equipment determined by the marine inspector to not be in serviceable condition must be repaired or replaced. Ring life buoy was found to be unserviceable. Replace ring life buoy. 46 CFR 176.808(b) 10c

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. Charts onboard vessel did not have chart corrections annotated and Broadcast Notice to Mariners were not onboard the vessel or maintained by the Master.

Prove proper operation of primary propulsion machniery to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.

Repair stair base as identified during hull exam, prior to allowing passengers on upper deck.

Install covers over exposed shafts on both MDE's in the engine room.

Replace damaged ventillation cover on port side engine room exhaust.

Install flame shields for fuel shutoff valves in engine room.

Submit repair proposal for damaged area identified on starboard bow (external & internal) including longitudinal chine frame

Replace two (02) thru hull valves in lazarette servicing generator (1½” ball) and bait tank ( 2” ball)

Renew support block under rudder board port side

Prepare and reseal chip in fiberglass port quarter

Prepare and reseal areas identified in lazarette

Secure inboard mount for generator (tighten bolts)

Make engine room bulkheads watertight and fore/aft penetrations where identified

Replace sewage holding tank access cover lid in kind

Replace hatch gasket on forward bow hatch

Ensure gasket is watertight on stern hatch.

Prepare and seal damaged area identified on port side amidships, surface damage only

Vessel missing 05 adult lifejackets.

07 adult and 01 child lifejackets required new retroreflective material.

Vessel missing 02 red hand flares.

Portable fire extinguishers (02) in the engine room read over pressurized on the gauges. Have extinguishers serviced or replaced.

Provide properly fastened deck rails IAW 46CFR177.900. "No-Sail".

Provide a dead end front covering for bridge electrical panel IAW 46 CFR 183.330.

dead end wires, removed or capped before completion of inspection

2.5 gallon fire buckets not present.

Service lighting in forward compartment adjacent to head and lifejacket stowage locker inoperable.

Service generator shutdown linkage operable but loose and in need of maintenance.

Service generator exhaust hose not properly supported in area of transom.

Electrical receptacle for galley grill top was loose due to improper wiring.

Provide drip shields on all breaker panels in engine room space.

Hazardous/ combustible materials stored in forward passenger space, on the starboard side.

Emergency escape hatch stuck in place and inoperable.

Toilet discharge line to holding tank not properly secured/supported IAW 46CFR182.40-10 and 46CFR182.40-1(a)(2).

Starboard engine shut off valve inoperable.

Steering gear linkage at aft u-joint and forward of gear box operable but loose.

Thru-hull fitting for MSD tank overboard drain and exhaust piping in steering gear space not double clamped IAW 46CFR 182.01-5(a).

Steering gear space deck hatch not adjusted to ensure watertight integrity of compartment IAW 46CFR171.124.

Port side engine room aft bulkhead had multiple unused unsealed penetration holes.

Wooden deck and seams of older life float fractured and in need of repair. Float test of life float was conducted with satisfactory results. No reduction in passengers required.

Stringer located on port and starboard side of engine room, behind diesel fuel tanks rotted. Sections of rot to be cropped back to new and replaced.

Longitudinal frame on inboard side of starboard engine motor mount rotted.

Install flame impingement bowl on Raycor fuel filter in E/R. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Filter

Seal holes in forward engine room bulkhead where penetrated by hoses..

Provide handle on starboard main engine cooling water sea valve.

Replace fuel line to electrical generator. New fuel line must be as per 46C.F.R. 182.455.

Provide operable frequency (Hz) gauge for generator.

Provide metallic pipes for main engine cooling system as per 46 C.F.R. 182.710.

Provide 4 additional adult lifejackets to replace those no longer suitable for service.

CONDUCT INSPECTION ON FIXED FIREFIGHTING INSTALLATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A MARINE INSPECTOR.

Provide electrical junction box covers on A-C generator.

Provide 15 amp circuit breakers for all common plug receptacles on board.

Hard wire engine room battery charger and large refrigerator to correctly sized circuits as per 46 CFR Part 183.

Provide a 2" band of retroreflective tape around each side of lifefloat.

PROVIDE BUG SCREEN FOR POTABLE WATER VENT LINE.

PROVIDE CURRENT RADIO OPERATOR'S PERMIT AND RADIO TELEPHONY CERT.

RE-ATTACH KEEPER CHAIN ON AFT COMPARTMENT HATCH COVER.

PROVIDE PROOF OF APPROVED DRUG TESTING PROGRAM.

PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS, GET UNDERWAY FOR DRILLS TO INCLUDE FIRE, MAN OVERBOARD, COLLISION/ALLISION AND FLOODING. ALL DRILLS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A COAST GUARD INSPECTOR.

REINSTALL ALTERNATORS ON BOTH ENGINES AND RECONNECT WIRING.

PROVIDE TIDE AND CURRENT TABLES.

REPLACE CRACKED WINDOWS IN PILOTHOUSE.

LABEL BILGE MANIFOLD

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PROVIDE 9 ADDITIONAL LIFE PRESERVERS. VESSEL LIMITED TO 46 PERSONS ONBOARD UNTIL THIS IS COMPLETED.

REPLACE OUTDATED 6 FLARES WITH CURRENT FLARES.

REPLACE GRAB LINE ON RING BUOY. VESSEL NOT TO OPERATE WITH PASSENGERS UNTILTHIS IS COMPLETED. NEW RING BUOY IS ON BOARD BUT VESSEL NAME NEEDS TO BE PUT ON RING BUOY.

HYDRO 3 B-II EXTINGUISHERS AND SERVICE ALL EXTINGUISHERS ONBOARD.

PROVIDE CURRENT RADIO TELEPHONY CERTIFICATE.

PERMANENTLY LABEL NEW VESSEL'S NAME ON THE TRANSOM AND BOTH SIDES OF THE BOW.

PROVIDE UPDATED FCC RADIO CERTIFICATE TO REFLECT VESSEL NAME CHANGE AND CORRECT CALL SIGN.

PROVIDE CURRENT NAVIGATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AS PER 46 CFR 185.20-35.

PROPERLY LABEL NUMBER OF PFD'S AT EACH STORAGE LOCATION.

SERVICE ALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND PROVIDE SUITABLE MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THE B-1 EXTINGUISHER.

RELABEL LIFEFLOAT OARS WITH CURRENT VESSEL'S NAME.

REPLACE THE FLOAT FREE WEAK LINK WITH THE PROPER ONE FOR THE LIFEFLOAT.

INSTALL HOSE CLAMPS ON DISCHARGE SIDE OF HAND FIRE PUMP, AT GALLEY SINK DRAIN OVERBOARD AND STARBOARD ENGINE COOLING DISCHARGE FOR EXHAUST.

SECURE THE FOLLOWING GALLEY APPLIANCES: MICROWAVE, REFRIGERATOR AND COMBINATION SINK/RANGE.

REMOVE OR PROPERLY CAP COOLING LINES FROM STARBOARD ENGINE TO OLD HEATER UNIT.

PROPERLY LABEL CIRCUIT BREAKER PANELS IN THE WHEELHOUSE (DC), ENGINE ROOM (AC) AND THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY ROTARY SWITCH.

PROPERLY SUPPORT ELECTRICAL WIRING WITH METALLIC SUPPORTS AT PORT SIDE STORAGE SPACE, LAZARETTE AND ENGINE ROOM STARBOARD SIDE.

REMOVE NON-PERMANENT BATTERY CHARGER FOR GENERATOR STARTING BATTERY.

INSTALL TWO COVER PLATES FOR GENERATOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND RESISTOR ON SIDE OF GENERATOR.

REMOVE DEAD ENDED WIRING ON DC TERMINAL STRIP ON STARBOARD AFT ENGINE ROOM BULKHEAD.

INSTALL THREE PRONG PLUG FOR BEVERAGE REEFER.

REMOVE ALL WIRE NUTS AND MAKE UP THE CONNECTIONS USING SOLDERLESS BUTT CONNECTIONS OR OTHER APPROVED METHODS.

REMOVE AND/OR INSTALL THE PROPER MARINE GRADE LIGHTING FIXTURE NEAR THE LIFEFLOAT.

REMOVE ALL IMPROPER WIRE CABLE AND INSTALL WITH THE PROPER SIZE/TYPE CONDUCTOR (VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE VESSEL).

PROPERLY PREPARE AND TREAT THE WOOD ON THE HULL IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: INWAY OF THE TRANSOM ALONG THE BASE AROUND THE GROUND STRAP; IN WAY OF THE PORT BILGE IN THE FOREPEAK.

PROPERLY SUPPORT THE EXHAUST MUFFLERS FROM MOVEMENT.

REMOVE AND PLUG THE LINE THAT SUPPLIES THE CLEAR PLASTIC TUBING USED FOR A TEMPORARY SIGHTGLASS ON THE DIESEL FUEL SUPPLY LINES.

INSTALL COVERS ON ALL ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOXES AND SWITCHBOXES WHERE MISSING.

STENCIL THE VESSEL'S NAME AND PASSENGER CAPACITY ON THE LIFEFLOAT.

REPLACE NET AND ATTACH IT TO PLATFORM ON LIFEFLOAT.

REPAIR HOLE IN STARBOARD SIDE SHELL APPROXIMATELY 12" ABOVE THE WATERLINE IN SPACE BELOW PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION AREA, APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET AFT OF FORWARD BULKHEAD; HOLE IS APPROXIMATELY 1" IN DIAMETER.

REPLACE FLEXIBLE HOSE SECTION TO BILGE PIPING LOCATED FORWARD OF THE PORT ENGINE.

REPLACE SUPPORT TO STEERING ROD IN LAZARETTE.

PROVIDE BLANK COVER FOR BRIDGE ELECTRICAL PANEL.

STENCIL VSL NAME ON RING BUOYS ATTACHED TO LIFE FLOATS.

VERIFY PROPER OPERATION OF EPIRB.

PROVIDE 6 ORANGE SMOKE SIGNALS.

PROVIDE 11 APPROVED LIFE PRESERVERS.

POST THE VSL'S STABILITY LETTER.

MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO DAMAGED SECTION OF HULL IN THE FOREPEAK COMPART- MENT.

MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO THE CRACKED STIFFENER TRANSOM, #2 ON PORT SIDE.