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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | From the USCG website, Boat Builder's Handbook.
'The posted information is for manufacturers of recreational boats who must comply with the applicable regulations.'
The USCG offers intensive training for Compliance Specialists to be certified to ensure that the boat builder they work with are building the boats with certified fuel systems, flotation, and all other USCG requirements. I've worked with a USCG certified test center on the East Coast.
The USCG can and does recall boats/motors that do not comply. Here's a single page from the USCG Recall List.
Last Date
080044T BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PROD SEA-DOO TOWER WELD CRACKS 4/29/2010
080045S BRP US, Inc. EVINRUDE E-TEC START IN GEAR 11/18/2011
100018T BRP US, INC ETEC 40-90 FUEL SYSTEM 8/4/2010
971568T BOMBARDIER LTD SPEEDSTER STEERING NOZZLE SCREWS
800045S COLE BOATS MAX WEIGHT 7/14/1980
940220S COLE BOATS 22.4 SKIER I/O BOWRIDER FUEL HOSE NOT USCG 1/12/1995
971535S STINGER BOATS OF CHARLST.INC. 160 STINGER LEVEL FLOTATION 3/6/2000
03V035S CUSTOM FIBERGLASS MOLDING INC HUNTER BASIC FLOTATION 10/13/2004
800089S COLUMBIA FIBERGLASS 12FT LAPSTRAKE LEVEL FLOTATION 11/17/1980
04R0144S CUSTOM FIBERGLASS MOLDING 12' SQUARE STERN LABEL; CAPACITY 9/14/2005
920426S GENERAL MARINE INDUSTRIES 142 PREDATOR LEVEL FLOTATION 10/25/1993
820029T CHECKMATE BOATS INC BUCKET SEAT ON SOME 79&80 4/6/1983
940203T CHECKMATE BOATS ALL WITH MERC SPORT 90 NON IGN PROTECTED DEVICE 3/10/1995
05R0874S CHECKMATE BOATS INC ZT 260 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 6/12/2006
941331S CHALLENGER BOATS 1740 BASS SAFE LOAD: PERS WT 3/10/1998
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USCG Handbook for Boat Builders:
http://www.uscgboating.org/regulations/boatbuilder_s_handbook/part1...
Obviously, the USCG regulates the boat builders in the US.
I have been in the factory when the USCG folks visited. |
