If you own a vessel or are about to do so, it is important to be well-informed about everything surrounding the boat itself. Rules and regulations, boating vocabulary, and maps are just some of the many items you should know about if you don’t want to risk paying costly fines. The United States Coast Guard…
As you probably already know, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Their mission is to protect America’s maritime borders, facilitate the legitimate use of the waterways, and suppress violations of US Federal law. How do they achieve…
Do you have a vessel and aren’t sure entirely which forms of vessel documentation are right for it? Have you been wondering just what a National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) is and how it can help you? When it comes to boat documentation in the United States, it can be a bit confounding. Even if…
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