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.

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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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.


Nitpicky ; Mauve is not a legal color for PFDs.

Obvious ; There's no buckles.

SV

"Capt. JG" wrote:

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.



You require signage, to so the idiot passengers can find them without
you pointing them out again!

Cheers
Marty

Dave wrote:
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:20:43 -0400, Martin Baxter said:

You require signage


Or maybe even a sign.

(Couldn't resist commenting on that wonderful example of overinflated
language.)

Just make sure you pronounce it properely: SIG NAHG' YAY. Accent on
the second syllable. Otherwise it doesn't have the same cachet.

//Walt

Dave wrote:

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:20:43 -0400, Martin Baxter said:

You require signage

Or maybe even a sign.

(Couldn't resist commenting on that wonderful example of overinflated
language.)

No Dave, not over inflated, "sign" connotes a single sign, "signage" is
group of signs and their placement.

Cheers
Marty

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.


New in the pkg means they do not have the boat name stenciled on them,
and they do not have a whistle.

Joe



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The should have been removed from the packaging
for accessibility, and you should have had drills in
donning them.

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.

Dave wrote:

You probably call a fella who's been
admitted to the bar an "attorney and counselor at law" too. I just call him
a lawyer g.

Hmmmm. I tend to use a seven letter word starting with A and ending in E.

Dave wrote:

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:45:46 -0400, Martin Baxter said:

(Couldn't resist commenting on that wonderful example of overinflated
language.)

No Dave, not over inflated, "sign" connotes a single sign, "signage" is
group of signs and their placement.

Ah, some signs in the right places.

One does like to be precise, why use six words when one will do?

You probably call a fella who's been
admitted to the bar an "attorney and counselor at law" too. I just call him
a lawyer g.

Actually I use a somewhat more colourful appellation, not suitable for
mixed company, ;-)

Cheers
Marty

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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"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