Boat Safety Equipment Check
Keep an inventory of the safety gear aboard with the date each item expires, so the out-of-date ones are found at the dock rather than at sea.
TM-07 2 pages
Trailers and marine · TM-20
Liferaft and Safety Gear Service Record
A free printable liferaft service record sheet — raft and hydrostatic release details, service history with certificate numbers, and a log for gear sent away.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep the certificates and service dates for everything sent away for testing. They are then in one file for the surveyor, the insurer or a charter check.
Who it is for
Owners and skippers of boats that carry a liferaft, inflatable lifejackets, beacons or serviced extinguishers — cruising yachts, motor boats, charter and club boats.
How to use it
- Copy the raft's make, serial number, capacity and pack type from its plate.
- Record the hydrostatic release and its replace-by date where you can see it.
- Log every service with the station, the findings, the certificate number and the date the raft was back aboard.
- Use the second table for lifejacket cylinders, beacons, extinguishers and tethers, one line per service or test.
- Write the next due date from the certificate, not from memory.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The items on a boat that are sent away, tested or recertified — liferaft, hydrostatic release, lifejacket cylinders, beacons, extinguishers — each with its own service history, in one place for when the surveyor or the insurer asks.
Service intervals are the maker's and the station's, not ours. How often each item has to be serviced, who may do it and whether it must be done at all depends on the maker, the type of boat and the rules where you sail — the interval is a blank here, for the figure from your service station or manufacturer. The Boat Safety Equipment Check is the inventory of what is aboard; this is the servicing file for the items that leave the boat.
Write-on lines: Vessel · Service station used · Phone / email
Liferaft — from the plate on the canister or valise
Write-on lines: Make & model · Serial no. · Persons · Pack type · Date of manufacture · Stowed where · Hydrostatic release — make & fitted · HRU replace by · Painter secured to
Liferaft service history
Table, 5 rows: Date sent · Station · Work & findings · Certificate no. · Next due · Cost · Back aboard
Ruled lines: Notes — what the station found, what was condemned, what to budget for
Page 2
Other serviced items — cylinders, beacons, extinguishers, harness tethers — one line per service
Table, 21 rows: Date · Item & serial · Serviced / tested by · Result · Certificate · Next due · Cost
Questions
How often does a liferaft need servicing?
The maker sets a service interval, the service station may vary it depending on the pack and its age, and some waters and types of use have their own rules. The Next due column takes the date from your own certificate.
How is this different from the Boat Safety Equipment Check?
That sheet is the inventory — what is aboard and when each item expires, checked at the dock. This is the servicing file for the items that go away to be tested: who did it, what they found and the certificate they issued.
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