Dear all, I am building a ~50' steel RPH trawler here in Turkey to be US Flagged.
Our initial plans is to see the Med. That will take a few years. Maybe, years from now, will cross the Atlantic. Can "cross that bridge" when I get there. I am ordering a generator from the US and the company is willing to throw in a few things when he ships. Stuff I am finding next to impossible to find over here include USCG approved fire extinguishers, life jackets, and life ring. I will need these on board because it will be awhile before I can get to the states to buy this stuff. So, what say the list? Should I not worry about the USCG seal and just get the stuff I need locally? If I do need to buy and ship, looking for recommendations on where to buy. My thoughts are to buy some "cheap" type 1 jackets to pass inspection, and use more comfortable vests that may or may not be solas approved for our daily needs. I expect to have overnight no more than 6 people, with one of them being a child under 12, maybe even one under 5. I can read the regs, but also need some logic and some seat-of-the- pants guidance here. Private and public replies are welcomed. I can summarize if there is a need. Now, initially, i thought that a solas approved jacket would be good enough to meet the USCG rules, but not 100% sure. If SOLAS approved stuff is good enough, then life is MUCH easier! TIA Lee PS: I will provide a progress report later. I promise. Please do not ask right now. This has been a somewhat frustrating process and I want to purge that from my system so as to be able to give a "reasonably" objective report. OK? Thanks! _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
