required placards?

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We did a voluntary coast guard safety inspection recently.Everything passed but I was informed we were missing two required placards,an oil discharge prohibited and a waste disposal. Are these really mandatory for inland lakes?
 
If you are required to be in compliance with federal regulations, and your boat is greater than or equal to 26', and you have an enclosed engine compartment - yes

Walter - Any chandlery should have them
 
they're available at any marine store... first thing USCG check in a boarding! the oil placard shoudl be in the ER, the garbage placard in the galley. and dont' forget the printed garbage plan.
 
Pascal - the printed garbage plan is only required on boats 40' and up.
 
In our AUX flotilla our Vessel Safety Check team has free copies of the oil and garbage placards.
 
According to the State of TN boating handbook, it is a federal requirement for vessels over 26'
 
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, which the US complies with, require these placards on all navigable waters of the U.S. The definition of navigable waters has been expanded to include non-tidal waters. So if your boat 26 feet or more, I guess the answer is "Yes".

The examiners usually have a supply of the required stickers to hand out to boaters.
 
Mine has one on each engine hatch, every sink or head has the rules for what can be dumped and where it can be discharged. In addition I have a type 1 sanitation device from Raritan and it came with it's own sticker/placard which I put bellow the one on the wall by the head discharge placard. Mine with the exception of the Raritan are all on plastic with raised writing and screwed in place. So yes they are required on all vessels operating in US navigable waters. WM has them our local one gives them away including a float plan card to stick in the windshield of your car.
Bill
 
And don't forget the 7.9" and above USCG approved Bell for boats 39'4" and above. They are require under USCG regs.

I just purchased mine. Damn things are expensive, heavy, but nice. They all know you need it. I know you do not have to display it, but after spending that much for it, it will be displayed. Amazing how the price jumps from 7" to 8".
 
Our boat is 24'10" LOA and even the factory sticker says GS-259 on both port and starboard sides yet the examiner insisted we needed these placards to be legal. Oh well,I guess the boat looks bigger than it is,at least to that inspector
 
I have the Brass Bell. I have a feeling if you have an electronic hailer that does the fog signals perhaps the Bell is optional? I also added a steaming masthead 225 degree light and stern/transom light in addition to my all around light and port/starboard lights because of the over 40' rules my boats title says 40'9". Am I wrong or did I read the rules wrong? It wouldn't be the 1st time I took something the wrong way. Bill
 
Walter I have a hard time believing Silverton doesn't have the placards on such a new boat?
Bill
 
Bill,

I'm assuming your all around white is anchor only, otherwise sounds good.

Bob
 
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Originally posted by TIC

Our boat is 24'10" LOA and even the factory sticker says GS-259 on both port and starboard sides yet the examiner insisted we needed these placards to be legal. Oh well,I guess the boat looks bigger than it is,at least to that inspector

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More importantly than the model number on the sides, what does your registration card say? My model number is 2355, but my PA reg card lists me as 24'6".

Besides, you'd rather have one of us Auxies make the mistake and have you get stickers than someone who can write citations make that mistake.
 
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Originally posted by rblochli

Bill,

I'm assuming your all around white is anchor only, otherwise sounds good.

Bob

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Yes the anchor light is seperate. I had to rewire the boat's running lights I guess Mainship or the rules in 1993 were different than they are now. I 1st noticed this lighting scheme on 41 Formula boats, then I did some reading. I replaced all the lights with LED USCG approved fixtures and all. The lights are very bright compared to the old standard bulb bayonet fixtures. The lights should outlast the boat.
Bill
 
Good point! I don't know what the LOA is on the reg card,never looked but I will when I return home. I'd rather have the stickers than a. ticket
 
the model designation is irrelevant.. you need to go by the documentation or registration. if it's 24 something, the "inspector" was wrong.... you dont' need the placard. Funny how when you give someone a clipboard he becomes an (never mind)

Bill,

an all around is ok up to 12M/39'4"... i dont' think the rules have changed, I think Mainship messed up...

"(i) A power-driven vessel of less than 12 meters in length may in lieu of the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule exhibit an all-round white light and sidelights;"

The bell requirement is a gray area since inland and international rules are different. Under International...
"(a) A vessel of 12 meters or more in length shall be provided with a whistle, a vessel of 20 meters or more in length shall be provided with a bell in addition to a whistle,"

Inland rules, mandates a Bell over 12M, yet the USCG Aux site http://www.safetyseal.net/what_is_vsc.asp claims that the bell requirement is no longer enforced between 12 and 20 meters...

An automatic hailer will not replace a bell, it's merely a convenience to sound the fog signal when underway.
 
Thanks for the clarifications Pascal I can always count on you to know the real rules! I have the Bell, many whistles, canned air horns, electric horns, a PA and hailer. I thought the lights might have been a mistake by Mainship. I have seen other 40 Sedan Bridge Mainships and mine is the only one with the correct lights (1993-2000). I think I am fairly well covered with audio signaling devices.
Bill
 
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