Carriage check Muster board Rules & sources Pricing

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Carriage check

What must this boat carry?

Answer for one boat and one trip. The list is worked out from the federal rules and, on Ohio waters, Ohio law. Nothing is saved.

The boat

Length (ft)As on the registration or builder's plate.

Model yearLast two digits of the HIN.

How it is driven

Engine fuel

Completely open construction (no cabin or closed spaces)

Engine and closed spaces

Tick every one your boat has. They decide whether an outboard boat under 26 ft needs an extinguisher (33 CFR 175.320).

Closed compartment under seats where portable fuel tanks may be stored

Double bottom not sealed to the hull or not filled with flotation

Closed living space (cabin)

Closed stowage compartment holding combustible or flammable things

Permanently installed fuel tank

Fixed fire-extinguishing system in the engine space

More than 10 horsepower

Aboard

Installed toilet

Galley and berths

The trip

Where Great Lakes include bays and harbors joined to them with an entrance over 2 nautical miles wide.

Goes more than 12 nautical miles out, or to another country

State

Out between sunset and sunrise

People aboardEveryone, skipper too.

Children's agesUnder 18 only.

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Muster Pass

$1.95 / month

$19.50 a year · $1.00 for 7 days

Keeps up to 5 boats on a muster board and prints a Muster Card for each boat and trip. Free keeps 1 boat.

Free during preview: nothing is charged.

Plans and terms

Gear Muster

The safety gear and papers your boat must carry, worked out from the federal rules and Ohio law, each with the rule it comes from.

Tools

Carriage check Muster board Pricing

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Rules & sources Terms Privacy

Gear Muster is an independent tool on cpmarina.info. It is not Cedar Point, Six Flags, Cedar Point Marina, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary or any state agency, and no boarding officer or inspector uses it. It quotes the rules as read on October 15, 2026; the regulation text and the officer on board decide.