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VESSEL SAFETY CHECKLIST

VESSEL SAFETY

• Display of Numbers (NUMBERING)

• Registration/Documentation
  

• Personal Flotation Devices (PFD)

• Visual Distress Signals (VDS)

• Fire Extinguishers

•  Ventilation

• Backfire Flame Control

• Sound Producing Devices/Bell

• Navigation Lights

• Pollution Placard

• MARPOL Trash Placard

• Marine Sanitation Devices

• Navigation Rules

• State and/or Local Requirements

• Overall Vessel Condition: as applies - a. Deck Free of Hazards / Clean Bilge, b. Electrical - Fuel Systems, c. Galley - Heating Systems