Norm, I am in Florida. My head has a Y valve one side to holding tank and one side over the side. I leave it in the holding tank position, but it does not have a lock. Is a lock required?
Thanks! Tom Pat's Meow Mayport, Fla. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "A LiveAboardList" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 12:27:26 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] Easy CG Boardings Ahmet and All, To prepare for a Coast Guard boarding you could contact the volunteer sailors at the Coast Guard Auxiliary. They will inspect your vessel for free and let you know of any condition the CG would object to so you can have your vessel ready to smoothly pass a CG boarding. I have attached a scan of the checklist the CG left me at my latest boarding. Things that are not on the list, that they have complained about but not made an official violation: I had my life jackets (class one, with lights, mirrors, and whistles) in zippered bags. They did not like that, saying that the zippers could become corroded or jamb in an emergency. Now I have them in big plastic boxes with no lids well placarded. They also told me I must have the *latest version* of the COLREGS (The rules to prevent collisions at sea). I have heard reports of CG ambivalence on both sides on the issue of carrying expired flares vs. discarding the old ones. I keep my old ones but don't show them to the CG. I have heard of a CG boarding officer demanding that a EPIRB be housed outside rather than in the cabin. I have heard that the requirement to have you VHF on when underway is an FCC requirement, not a CG rule. When the CG folks come aboard keep in mind they are doing what they are told to do by their superiors who are charged to do these things by even higher authority. They cannot fail do what they are ordered to do and I'm sure they hope you understand that. Our best course of action is to make their job simple and easy so we both can be on our way with minimum hassles. Although we have had some CG boarding personnel that were threatening and nasty, they have been rare. Most of the CG personnel boarding Bandersnatch have been respectful and professional. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
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