Mobile Boat Inspections
Boat inspections and decontamination at your home
Mobile Boat Inspections
Boat inspections and decontamination at your home
About Mobile Boat Inspections
Our Mission
"Clean, drain, dry” is the mantra of modern boating etiquette. It’s also what we should do with all our equipment whenever we travel from one lake, river or stream to another, even if it’s just our wading boots that have gotten wet. Why? Because invasive species are excellent hitchhikers.
Quarantine Inspection Process
Hull and Trailer‐ Rapid Exterior Inspection
- We will Look over (visual) and feel (tactile) the entire watercraft on both sides of hull and trailer.
- We will physically inspect the through hull fittings .
- We will check trailer bunks or rollers, tire wells, lights and electrical.
- We will remove any plants or plant fragments that are present.
- We will check to see if the bilge plug(s) are installed.
- If it is installed, we will ask the owner to remove the bilge plug.
- We will physically and visually inspect the bilge area and use a flashlight to visually see if any AIS or standing water are present.
- If applicable, we will have the owner activate the bilge pump.
- If the watercraft has an inboard engine, we will inspect the prop, prop shaft and rudder.
- We will inspect intakes for ballasts, engines, and other interior systems and compartments.
Engine or Motor
- We will look the entire watercraft on both sides of hull and trailer.
- We will inspect the trailer bunks or rollers, tire wells, lights and electrical.
- Please remove any plants or plant fragments that are present before the day of the inspection.
- We will check to see if the bilge plug(s) are installed. If it is installed, we will check for water in bilge prior to removing the plug.
- If it is installed, we will ask the boater to remove the bilge plug.
- We will inspect the bilge area to if any AIS or standing water are present.
- If applicable, we will have the boater activate the bilge pump.
- We will inspect intakes for ballasts, engines, and other interior systems and compartments. Please make sure to have equipment, life jackets, etc out of compartments ahead of the inspection.
Anchor and Equipment Check
We will inspect the
- Anchor and line or chain for mud, plants, and or AIS.
- Ensure all water related equipment is clean and dry including but not limited to:
- Bait buckets
- water toys
- fenders
- auxiliary pumps, etc.
Drain and Check Interior Compartments
- We will need to get into the watercraft to inspect the interior compartments that could hold standing water. Please have each compartment open and unlocked and equipment out.
- If the watercraft has a ballast system we will inspect for standing water.
- If the watercraft has an inboard or I/O engine, we will inspect the engine compartment and its bilge.
- We will ask the owner to run the bilge pump.
- These engines do not fully drain and may require a standing water contamination prior to launch. This is at the discretion of the staff at the local water district.