Small Boat Media
Use this form to request the acquisition of a vessel to be used by NOAA, regulated under the NOAA Standards and Procedures Manual. May be new construction or an existing vessel from another agency.
VOCs complete an SBO/Crewmember Authorization Letter for each person operating or crewing any small boat(s) within that Line Office Program.
Same as the existing GAR Form, with the following statement added under the title: "If any category is =>7 then stop and mitigate"
Survey launch arrives to NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson after surveying Chesapeake Bay.

Lt. Shelley Devereaux and Ensign Iris Ekmanis look on from the deck of NOAA Ship Fairweather as the small boat is deployed by a team of all women.

BGL Ryan Walker, AB Cody Higgins, and SCI Steve Kunze are launched via the small boat to repair equipment.
Small Boat Program Safety Alert - Update on SBP COVID Guidance
Small Boat Program Training Bulletin 01-2022 (December 2021):
Class II Vessels (26'-<40')