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Vessel Safety Check


A Vessel Safety Check is a courtesy examination of your boat (Vessel) to verify the presence and condition of certain Safety Equipment required by State and Federal regulations. The Vessel Examiner is a trained specialist who is a member of the United States Power Squadrons or the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. They will make certain recommendations and discuss certain safety issues that will make you a safer boater. If you pass the Vessel Safety Check you get a VSC sticker to proudly display on your boat. If for some reason your boat does not pass the Vessel Safety Check all you need to do is correct the problem and a VSC sticker will then be issued. Failure to pass a Vessel Safety Check is just that. Nothing is reported to any agency or government authority.

Picture of vessel examiner Jesse Bowen.

Jesse Bowen
Examiner

 Picture of vessel examiner Robert Havens.
Robert Havens
Examiner
 Picture of vessel examiner Mike Ludtke.Mike Ludkte
Examiner
For local boaters who live in northeastern Illinois or southern Wisconsin, click on the link below to schedule your free Vessel Safety Check. Let us know where your boat is located, whether it is a sailboat or a power boat and its size and make. If it is in the water, include the harbor and slip number, Include your phone number. Thanks!
 Pictured is the Vessel Safety Check brochure describing the program.Click on the image to enlarge it.
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 TOP 15 REASONS WHY BOATS FAIL THE VESSEL SAFETY CHECK
  Visual Distress Signals - 12%

  State/Local Regulations - 10%

  Navigation Lights - 8%

  Registration / Documentation - 5%

  Display of Numbers - 5%

   Sound Producing Devices - 5%

  Overall Vessel Condition - 4%

  Fire Extinguishers - 4%

  Marine Sanitation Device - 2%

  Personal Flotation Devices - 2%

   MARPOL Trash Placard - 2%

  Navigation Rules - 2%

  Pollution Placard - 2%

  Backfire Flame Control - 1%

  Ventilation - 1%

This is a picture of the Vessel Safety Check sticker issued under the auspices of the U S Coast Guard, U S Coast Guard Auxiliary and the United States Power Squadrons. The sticker is issued and meant to be displayed on your boat if you successfully pass an inspection.
If your boat is located outside our region
you can also request a free Vessel Safety Check
by contacting the US Coast Guard Auxiliary		 This is a picture of the Vessel Safety Check sticker issued under the auspices of the U S Coast Guard, U S Coast Guard Auxiliary and the United States Power Squadrons. The sticker is issued and meant to be displayed on your boat if you successfully pass an inspection.

  

 

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