SPEED TWIN

The owner, charterer, master or managing operator shall instruct each crew member, upon first being employed and prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular vessel and at least once every three months, as to the duties that the crew member is expected to perform in an emergency including, but not limited to, the emergency instructions listed on the emergency instruction placard required by § 185.510 of this part and, when applicable, the duties listed in the station bill required by § 185.514 of this part. Crew training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The training entry shall include the following information. (1) Date of the training; and (2) General description of the training topics. Vessel has not conducted man overboard, abandon ship, and fire drill within (3) months. Record keeping for the required drills and monthly inspections were missing and inconsistent. Drills were conducted on the day of annual inspection 27Mar24. Vessel is to create new CY 2024 drill and inspection log provide and proof of drill and inspection entries to the attending marine inspector.

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Each survival craft must be: (1) Secured to the vessel by a painter with a float-free link permanently attached to the vessel except that a float-free link is not required if the vessel operates only on waters not as deep as the length of the painter. Vessel's IBA sea painter was not attached to the hydrostatic release. Vessel attached IBA sea painter to the hydrostatic release on site. Deficiency rectified.

The owner, charterer, master or managing operator shall instruct each crew member, upon first being employed and prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular vessel and at least once every three months, as to the duties that the crew member is expected to perform in an emergency including, but not limited to, the emergency instructions listed on the emergency instruction placard required by § 185.510 of this part and, when applicable, the duties listed in the station bill required by § 185.514 of this part. (d) Crew training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The training entry shall include the following information. (1) Date of the training; and (2) General description of the training topics. Fire, 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. During inspection, drill, trainign and inspection records were missing or incomplete. Crew knowledge was deemed adequate through drill performance and vessel's equipment was inspected satisfactorily, but records were not available demonstrating compliance with ongoing training and inspections. Drill, training and equipment inspection record were not kept consistently and did not demonstrate compliance with training, drill and inspection requirements. Provide records showing completion of crew training, completions of fire, abandon ship and man overboard drills, EPIRB tests and fire extinguisher inspections.

Galley ventilation hood not fitted with fixed fire suppression. In accordance with G-MOC policy letter alternate compliance, provide a plan to ensure vent cleanliness to minimize grease build-up.

Abandon ship drills not logged.

Replace current trash cans with non-combustible.

Provide proper fire hose and variable nozzle.

Replace throw line on ring buoy with poly prop.

Prove proper operation of port remote f/o shut off valve.

Crop, insert and NDT in way of existing hole (previous light) in main deck aft.

Prove proper operation of the genset cooling water system prior to carrying passengers.

Provide 02 additional adult Type I lifejackets for a total of 94; restricted to 92 persons until corrected.

Properly connect VHF-DSC radio to GPS.

Properly mark lifejacket storage locations.

Provide P/S aft E/R fire dampers.

Post emergency instruction list.

Connect GPS to VHF-DSC radio.

Post emergency broadcast placard.

Mark fuel oil shut off valves.

Renew FCC Radio Safety Certificate.

Provide 60 feet of line for the life ring.

Renew bilge alarm light for stbd bilge.

Provide nozzle for fire hose.

Prove proper operation of P/S fuel shut-off valves.

Renew gasket on stbd fire dampener to E/R.

Renew hydrostatic release for EPIRB; restricted to 3nm from shore.