Vessel Safety Check
What is a Vessel Safety Check?
Thank your for taking the first step to being prepared during your boating adventures. A vessel safety check 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. Check national web site for even more information.
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.
Check our events calendar for the date of the next vessel safety inspection. The next scheduled inspection is currently during Safe Boating Week.
To request a vessel safety check, please complete the form below. A vessel safety inspector will contact to schedule an examination.
Please complete this form to request a Vessel Safety Check (VSC). A certified VSC inspector will contact you soon to schedule the examination.
Contact Us
Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities:
EVENTS
Come join us for Dinner and Presentation.
March 23rd - 1800 hrs - Cornerpub (CP Between the Lakes) - Mount Juliet TN 4136 North Mt. Juliet Rd. We will be ordering food from the menu. Our own Tom Hudson will be presenting “Locks and Locking thru”. He has some fresh pictures to share of locking thru the Panama Canal. He and Lili just got back from a cruise thru the PC.
UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES -
ABC Class
America's Boating Course > Courses (musiccitypowersquadron.org)
ABC Class available in April 15 & 22, 2023 to be held at TNT Marine in Hendersonville. Existing member $45. Non-member $90. Membership and class $125. Class includes 2-4 hour sessions. Contact Randy Stone for scheduling. rstone@nashvillemachine.com or 6154050117
Location may vary based on dates and times of the classes.
SAFETY TIP
ELECTRICAL SHOCK DROWNING (ESD) BY DIY AC SAFETY TEST FOR BOAT AND DOCK OWNERS. All boat and dock owners must check your AC electrical system for stray current that could cause electrical shock and potential death to swimmers. It could save a life.
VESSEL SAFETY CHECKS -
America's Boating Club's Vessel Safety Inspectors are eager to inspect your boat anytime during the boating season for FREE. Please request Vessel Safety Inspections via our online request in the Vessel Safety Check tab. A Vessel Safety Inspector will contact you shortly after your request is received.
2022 Bridge Leadership
Commander -
Bobby Naylor, AP
Executive Officer -
Ray Alley, AP CN
Education Officer -
Randy Stone, AP
Assistant Education Officer -
Art Chapman, P
Vessel Safety Ck CH -
Art Chapman, P
Secretary -
Diane Chapman, P
Treasurer -
Jane Malatak, P
Historian -
Jane Malatak, P
Web Master/ IT -
Mickey Box, AP
Member-at-Large -
Barry Cleveland, AP