Per Coast Guard regs, children under the age of 12? *must* wear approved flotation devices *at all times* onboard your vessel. And *you* are responsible for enforcing this. Not the parents.
I have seen this enforced on *floating docks* at a marina because the floating portion of a dock is considered a *vessel* So my kids that are under 12 have to wear approve flotation devices when they are sleeping on the boat in the marina? I don't think so. Actually the Coast Guard doesn't regulate them at all, it's up to the states to set the policies. In Florida in a vessel over 26' they don't have to have one. Since my boat is 30' they don't ever have to wear one. Since the floating dock I am tied to is more than 30' long they don't need one to walk to the bathroom at the marina either. And as far as my visiting guest policy goes, all guest must bring quality beer and all female guests between the ages of 18 and 60 who are under 150lbs must wear bikinis. The captain at his discretion, may ask the guest to cover their entire body if the area exposed makes him want to vomit. Besides that have fun on the boat, that is what is there for. Vern s/v Nirvelli _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
