This is almost right, so I'll give you 1 pt. At least semi-annually a
thorough inspection of each lifejacket shall be made by a qualified crew
member, including a squeeze to ensure floatation pads are still sealed.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:53:50 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

You own and operate a commercial vessel under 12 meters upon the open
ocean
with your OUPV near coastal license. You have the requisite number of
offshore Type I PFDs purchased approximately one year ago. They are stowed
in an easily accessible location, have never been opened nor used. The
passengers have been briefed on their donning and operation. They have a
chemical luminescent light attached to each of them, as required by the
regs.

Unfortunately, you've been randomly boarded by the Coast Guard and found
not
to be in compliance for two issues related to the lifejackets. One of the
issues is kind of nitpicky, but these guys are thorough! The other is
obviously observed. What are these issues?

5 pts for the nitpicky issue.
2 pts for the obvious one.

Well, you probably should have opened them to make sure they were all free
of
defects. How do you know some 4 year old in a sweat shop didn't forget to
attach
one of the straps?

CWM