Just had the Coast Guard auxiliary check Pegathy. That's a good idea because they give you a sticker which, I am told, makes it less likely that you will be boarded. Besides telling me to make my preservers more accessibile (they were underneath the throwable Type V seat cushions), he told me that the new regs require fire extinguishers to be replaced after 12 years, and showed me the manufacture year stamped on the bottom of the cylinder. Mine were still good, but, he told me that when mine expired I should get new ones to show the CG if they boarded, but that it was not necessary to throw out the old ones if the pressure was still good on the gauge. Made sense to me.
He said my sawed off conch shell would serve to meet the horn requirement. Also, he told me that there is a new version of the No Garbage placard that is now required, and he gave me a vinyl stick on replacement. Seems that several years ago Congress required a new placard, but that time, no one made them. This is the first year that they are available. That's all I know. Dan SheerPegathy - LF38Rock Creek off the Patapsco
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