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Vessel Examination Program
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DSO-VE Reports
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VE Newsletter
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Hotline Messages
USCG Safety Alerts and Lessons Learned
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Kidde Fire Extinguisher recalls 1117
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Paddlecraft "If Found" ID Stickers are available from ANSC again 0917
Paddlecraft "If Found" ID Stickers are no longer available from ANSC 0617
Blue Dolphin Non Approved Life Jackets 0617
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Marine Safety Alert 0417
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ML-11 Rev. 04/17 California Boater Card One Page Handout 0417
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California Boater Card Information 0417
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VSC Manual Supplement 09 OCT 14 Backfire Flame Control Adjuster 0417
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VSC Manual Errata 2016 06 13 0417
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2017 ML-1 Rental Vendor Instructions 0417
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2017 ML-6 D11NR Goals 0417
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2017 ML-7 Boat Smart from the Start 0417
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2017 ML-9 VSC Info Flyer 0417
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2017 ML-10 VSC Announcement 0417
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2017 Operational Facility Review 0417
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2017 Vessel Safety Check Review 0417
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2017 Paddle Craft Review 0417
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Safety Advisory Texas Flats Boats/Bay Boats 2016 06 08
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Smoke Distress Signal Recall 2016 06 12
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Fire Extinguisher 12 year rule clarification
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SAFELINK EPIRB RECALL
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Form 7066 for use with Commercial Vessel Safety Checks is available.
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New Form 7066 for use with Commercial Vessel Safety Checks is available.
Click here. Form 7038 is to be used for Recreational Vessel Safety Checks and Facility Examinations only
SIRIUS SOS C-1001 acceptable nighttime visual distress signal
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2015 ML-10 VSC Announcement 01-15
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KIDDE Fire Extinguisher Recall Summary 03-15
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KIDDE Fire Extinguisher Recall dated 12 FEB 2015
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MARCH 2015 VSC Order Form with
ANSC#3004a - DECAL, CANOE, KAYAK OR ROWBOAT (ORANGE)
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DSO-VE Revised Goals
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2015 West Marine Coupon
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December 2014 Navigator article "The Auxiliarist" By Jeremy Davis, FC, 8WR-16-06 12-2014
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2015 Vessel Safety Check Review 12-2014
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2015 Facility Review 12-2014
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2015 SUB (Paddle Craft) Review 12-2014
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2015 "WEAR IT!" California Campaign 12-2014
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Vessel Safety Check Manual (COMDTINST M16796.8A) 12-2014
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AUXLMS
2014 mandatory 2014 VE Workshop Slides (03/2014)
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AUXLMS
link to take the mandatory 2014 VE Workshop (02/2014)
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Required for 2014:
VEX(WK-05) VE Workshop (02/2014)
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West Marine 10% off Coupon (01/2014)
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2002 - 2013 D11NR VSC Production through NOV 30, 2013 (01/2014)
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2014 ML-5 VSC Boat Smart From The Start (01/2014)
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2014 ML-7 VSC INFO Flyer (01/2014)
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2013 VSC Recap (01/2014)
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2014 VSC Material Order form(12/13)
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New VSC Decal_Distribution SOP(12/13)
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VE Guide To California Mussel Decal Requirement(11/13)
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CA Clean Boating Network meeting Thursday, December 5th (11/13)
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Stand Up Paddleboards Qualify for a VSC (09/13)
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Paddlecraft Survey (08/13)
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Temporary_Certificate_of_Documentation_Message (07/13)
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Paddlecraft ID Labels (ML-3) (05/13)
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ANSC 7003 (Rev 06-11) (03/13)
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RBS Safety Alerts: Fire Extinguishers and Bow Riding (03/13)
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2013 West Marine Coupon 10% off safety items (02/13)
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2013 West Marine Coupon $15 off $100 purchase (02/13)
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V Directorate Workshops (01/13)
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DSO-VE 2013 Goals(01/13)
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2013 Facility Review (01/13)
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2013 VSC Review (01/13)
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2013 SUB Review (01/13)
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Item 11 MARPOL on Form ANSC 7012 “N/A” for all vessels for CY 2013 (12/12)
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2002 - 2012 D11NR VSC Production through NOV 30, 2012 (12/12)
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2013 ML-5 VSC Boat Smart From The Start (12/12)
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2013 ML-7 VSC INFO Flyer (12/12)
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2012 VSC Recap (11/12)
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2013 Decal Announcement (11/12)
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2013 Decal Order Form (11/12)
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News Release: Commercial Fishing Vessel Examiners needed (07/12)
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BoatUS Seaworthy Alert Avoid Collisions: Kayaks (06/12)
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VSC "Territories" Do Not Exist: A message from DIR-V (06/12)
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Law Enforcement Delta Blitz
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Sacramento Delta Blitz Video
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Clarification of VE Role
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DSO-VE Goals for 2012
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Commercial Passenger Carrying Vessels - Final Ruling amends regulations
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Rescinded: 1999 "(MOU) and Joint Action Plan for Utilization of the U.S.C.G. Auxiliary (VSC - Addendum #4)
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ANSC 3000 VSC tri-fold pamphlet
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ANSC 3504 VSC Boating Poster
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New ANSC 7038: Paddlecraft are NOT to be included in the High Focus column.
Continue to place the following vessels in the High Focus column:
PWC, < 16 feet excluding PWC, 16 - 25 feet
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PFD RECALL: MD2010 & MD2012 Model 22LB Inflatable
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DSO-VE Goals for 2012
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Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) FAQs
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Mustang PFD Oral Inflator Instructions
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Important Letter: Digital Selective Call Radios - RDML R.E. Day
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Marine Safety Alert - Life Vests
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Orion Flare Launcher Recall
Reminder
All examiners should be checking every flare gun to assure
it will open and close smoothly to be able to insert a flare
cartridge. Do NOT insert a cartridge! The defective ones
will have a warped barrel, will not latch and will be easy
to spot. For those that don’t remember or weren’t around,
for your reference
I’m posting the recall as written in BOAT/US from summer
2001: “A defective opening mechanism in some 12-gauge
plastic flare guns manufactured by Olin (now Orion Safety
Products) prior to 2000 may not open wide enough to accept a
flare cartridge. Guns with a modification to correct the
possible problem are marked with U.S. Coast Guard approval
code 160 028//12/1.
Boaters with older flare guns should check the operation of
the opening mechanism now and at the start of each boating
season. If the breech will not open wide enough to accept a
cartridge, the gun should be sent back for a replacement.”
Send defective guns to:
ORION SAFETY PRODUCTS, MARINE DIVISION
3157N. 500W, PERU, IN 46970
1-800-851-5260
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Recreational Safety Boating
Coast Guard discontinued support of the
toll-free Boating Safety Hotline number 1-800-368-5647. This number is
listed on
many pamphlets and boater education materials. Please
strike that number from such materials you have on hand,
and promote the
www.uscgboating.org site which
still provides boat recall and other information,
and the CG Auxiliary
Hotline number 1-877-575-6296
Zebra and Quagga Mussel
Inspections
A question recently surfaced
about: As vessel examiners are we able to participate
in the Zebra/Quagga mussel inspection program? The
answer is...it depends. If you are simply educating the
public on the Quagga and Zebra issues while acting as an
Auxiliarist and doing a vessel safety check, no problem. Any
type of "inspection" that would support a law enforcement
type of activity is out of the question. If an Auxiliarist
is in uniform (or Polo Shirt) and wants to be trained to
perform some kind of "official inspection" on a citizen's
boat, that would not be authorized.
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The VSC is an examination of specific safety equipment that
is mandated by federal, state and possibly local law. The
VSC decal is then awarded for meeting these requirements. As
with the CO decal, the mussel inspection program is NOT part
of the VSC. The VSC decal will not be withheld if the vessel
it has not received or passed a Zebra/Quagga mussel
inspection, which may vary, from region or government
entity. This opinion is in complete concurrence with Pete
Urgola DC-V and DCO Vic Connell. If there are any questions
regarding the policy, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Mike Lauro
DSO-VE
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National Safe Boating Week
May 20-27, 2017
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