What is a Vessel Safety Check?

It is a free check of a vessel's equipment for compliance with federal, state and local safety requirements. Some of the items we check are:

• Proper display of numbers
• Registration/Documentation
• Personal Flotation Devices
• Visual Distress Signals
• Fire extinguishers
• Ventilation
• Backfire Flame Control
• Sound Producing Devices
• Navigation Lights
• State & Local Requirements
• Overall vessel condition

During the Vessel Safety Check, the vessel examiner has an opportunity to discuss with a fellow boater the purpose of the marine safety equipment, to clarify various federal, state and local regulations, to review local boating conditions, to answer any boating-related safety questions and to encourage additional boater education.

Benefits of a Vessel Safety Check

A Vessel Safety Check can identify SAFETY and money saving opportunities:

• By preventing citations by meeting federal, state and local safety equipment requirements.
• By identifying educational and equipment-related possible boating insurance discounts.
• By increasing awareness of safety practices to avoid accidents and costly breakdowns.

A Vessel Safety Check can reduce accidents and injuries be educating the boater as to the value and use of marine safety equipment and other safe practices on the water.

Click here to go to the Vessel Safety Check national web site for even more information.

Check our events calendar for the date of the next vessel safety inspection.

For more information on the Vessel Safety Check program, to find out when the next VSC is scheduled for the Nashville area, or for any other questions you have, click here to go to our Request Vessel Safety Inspection Form form and you will be contacted with the answers to your questions.