Safety Recommendation M-05-9 through -11

Safety Recommendation M-05-9 through -11

The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following
recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard:

Require that owners of small passenger vessels operating
within Coast Guard-designated surf stations and regulated
boating areas on the West Coast develop and implement written
go/no-go policies, based on risk-management principles,
regarding transiting bars and inlets. (M-05-09)

Revise your regulations to require that small passenger
vessels operating in Coast Guard-designated surf
stations and regulated boating areas on the West Coast
have all passengers and crew wear lifejackets while the
vessels transit inlets where rough bar warnings are in
effect. (M-05-10)

Until such time as your regulations are revised, issue
guidance for mariners operating in Coast Guard-
designated surf stations and regulated boating areas on
the West Coast to require passengers and crew on small
passenger vessels to wear lifejackets while transiting
inlets where rough bar warnings are in effect. (M-05-11)