Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-42, Santa Monica
Safety
Surviving a Coast Guard Vessel Boarding!
All Navigation Rules Online!
Why a
Vessel Safety Check is important (Video)!
America's Waterway Watch Program (Video)!
Mustang
Survival Issues
Voluntary
Recall of Inflatable PFDs to correct inflation problem. Local Notice
to Mariners concerning Piracy off the
Coast of Somalia and East Africa.
Do
you know how to tell if someone is drowning?
You could be dead wrong!
The USCG Has
Issued An Alert About Channel Changing On VHF
Radios With DSC. Note: As of February 1, 2010,
all Loran coverage in the U.S. has been terminated.
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Good Samaritans in California will now be
protected from lawsuits under two new laws signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on
August 5, 2009. See details
here. Recent Rule Change: Vessels less than 20
Meters (65 feet) in length are no longer required to carry a bell. See rule
33A on the Navcen
Changes
page. Note: As of February 1, 2009, 121.5/243 MHz.
EPIRBs are no longer being monitored. For more information, see this page
on EPIRBs. If you live in L.A. County and have a cell phone or
VOIP line, be sure to register it on the new L.A. County reverse 911 emergency
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