tmhudson2
New Member
I'll never understand the cost-benefit of the whole random safety inspections and boarding process -- from the government's perspective. If you have the little USCG safety inspection sticker on the vessel, you should be LEGALLY excluded from random safety inspections. If the USCG actually sees something as far as a violation (eg kids without pfd, trash being thrown over, possible fishing violations, etc.) that would be the cause needed for the inspection/boarding...
The "safety inspection sticker" is not issued by USCG, rather by a Vessel Examiner certified by either the Coast Guard Auxiliary or the United States Power Squadrons. The posting of a current inspection sticker may lead the USCG, or the local or state boating authorities, to give you a pass, but it does not guaranty an exemption from boarding and inspection.