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Everything on my boat passes Coast Guard regulations if boarded (which did happen when I needed a tow for fuel issues). Passed with flying colors minus a "fix it" ticket for not having registration. Everything from a "life ring" to up to currently dated flares to fire extinguishers to etc... . I also have a Coast Guard approved first aid kit. Follow the C. G. regulations and you will feel more secure. They do make sense. I also carry a boarding ladder as well as a warm cap and neck scarf for hypothermia if some one (me) takes a dump into the water. Courtesy of an earlier thread on this site warming after getting dunked, head/neck a must among other techniques.

Garris