Rainbow's End Manifest

The Coast Guard’s equipment list, derived from your boat and cited to the regulation. Where each item is stowed, the briefing your guests hear, her log, and the schedule that keeps her fit, all in one book. Enter your vessel once — length, propulsion, fuel, heads, tanks, systems — and every page derives from her. Change the boat and the book redraws. GEAR — The federal safety-equipment checklist for your boat’s size and waters, with the 33 CFR and 46 CFR citation under every item: wearable and throwable personal flotation devices (PFDs), 5-B and 20-B extinguisher ratings, visual distress signals and their expiration rules, sound signals, navigation lights, placards, sanitation devices. A gasoline generator on a diesel boat brings the ventilation rules with it. Check each item aboard and record where it lives. Beneath the federal floor, a separate layer of what prudence adds. And a…