I am a QCYC member. A couple things: our VESC (Vessel Electrical System Committee) inspectors are fellow members who volunteer for the job, they are not paid. To my knowledge, none of them are surveyors. I'm sure that all of you are aware that all marina's are now required to have pedestals that have ground fault breakers. We rewired our marina in 2015 (250 slips) to meet the new standards. I seem to remember that was $1.2M. Most of our members boats do not require 50A, so we tried to save money and installed 30A pedestals.. The area he mentions is actually a loading area for members only, it is not open to guest or transient moorage. They test there because it is available. The very few slips that do have 50A service are occupied, and those members paid extra to have 50A pedestals installed at the time. To complicate the issue, the company that made the pedestals, went out of business. The Electrical Contractor that installed them is no longer in business. Also, moorage is assigned by seniority. This member is a new member, can be tested at anytime, and after passing his VESC test and getting measured, will be put on the list according to senority. With the size of his boat, he has about a 5 year wait. I know the VESC folks are aware of the situation, and as time and money allow, will be putting in a 50A pedestal in our loading area, to facilllitate testing. In my 25 year experience with QCYC, our volunteers try to do the best job they can to help fellow members enjoy our club. Perhaps he would like to make a donation to buy the 50A pedestal to be installed in the loading area so all members can use it when being tested.
