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Duck boats “interim final rule”

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  1. Pascal, Sep 12, 2023
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    I swear, this country is drowning in bureaucracy… interim final! Well which is it?

    …anyway, it took 5 years for the USCG to recommend installing upgraded bilge pumps on Ducks, which are known for sinking along with bilge alarms. Never mind that they don’t define what a bilge alarm is! Is it a high water alarm or an audible and visual bilge pump running alarm?

    note how they require installation of pumps and alarms but do not require daily testing…


    https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...-amphibious-passenger-vessels?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
  2. captainwjm, Sep 12, 2023
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    Death boats, would never get on one where there is any chance of ‘nautical’ weather.
  3. Norseman, Sep 12, 2023
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    Yeah, those and that dive boat in California with no accessible emergency exit.
    In these 2 cases the USCG a seems like a graveyard agency, they only inspects and react after paying pax are dead, not before..:rolleyes:

    Edit: The Professional Captain’s working these vessels wasn’t exactly on top of their game either..
  4. Pascal, Sep 12, 2023
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    Then there was the casino shuttle boat which started burning a few years ago on the west coast of Florida. I forgot the name but when I read the NTSB report I realized the USCG inspection system is a complete joke. The thing they allowed was unbelievable
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  6. Pascal, Sep 14, 2023
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    Yep…. Port engine overheated but captain didn’t shut it down! Also CG inspectors allowed the use of plastic tube with valves on the fuel tank sight gauges.

    https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR1802.pdf

    note the part about the crew being unable to fight the fire because of smoke. Hard to believe the USCG doesn’t mandate fire masks on inspected passenger vessel. I got one for the 116 I run.

    and one more thing…. PFDs were stored at the stern and unreachable. I always keep some at the bow, in the anchor locker. Cheap insurance
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