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NATURAL LIGHT

NATURAL LIGHT is a 2004 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 May 2026.

Built
2004
Last inspected
5 May 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 5 May 2026
…with no type recorded1
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it 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.

Identity

WDE7923
690846
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-690846

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)38.0 ft × 14.0 ft × 5.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 19 / net 15
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderEVANS BOAT REPAIR INC · CRISFIELD, MD, UNITED STATES · built 2004
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portKENT ISLAND, MD
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational
DocumentationValid · issued 21 April 2026 · expires 30 April 2027
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, Net Ton
19 - 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.
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 · 16

5 May 2026 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8369189
7 May 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8130353
25 March 2025 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8101355
8 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7846269
18 April 2023 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7670960
3 May 2022 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7443343
22 March 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7418197
20 April 2021 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7186550
29 July 2020 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7024015
26 March 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6655651
5 February 2019 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6620393
27 March 2018 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6383227
30 August 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Annapolis · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6255604
28 March 2017 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6115007
8 March 2017 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6102406
8 April 2016 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5878886

Deficiency record · 3

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)
Issued 20 April 2021 Resolved
A person in command of a documented vessel must have on board that vessel the original Certificate of Documentaion currently in effect for that vessel. Valid Certificate of Documentation is not onboard.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 May 2021
Resolved 15 June 2021
Resolution: Confirmed receipt of oringal COD onboard vessel.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Ship specific plans for the recovery of persons from the water
Issued 5 February 2019 Resolved
Master and crew will be familiar with the content of and have mounted at the operating station, Emergency Instructions. No Emergency Instructions on board.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 April 2019
Resolved 26 March 2019
Resolution: Emergency Instructions properly posted onboard. Capt found them posted behind other documents.
Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell
Issued 8 March 2017 Resolved
Vessel has minor gel coat failure IWO of port side chine side shell. Owner made temporary repair. Owner to make permanent repair.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 October 2017
Resolved 27 March 2018
Resolution: Attended vessel and cleared above deficiency.

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.