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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 02/02/2014 :  05:57:34  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
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<b>Thanks Boat US</b>
Here`s my Boating Safety Ed I.D. Card, Peggy will get hers next.</center>

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">This is to CERTIFY the contents of this course are approved by the STATE OF FLORIDA, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS and recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">



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Moved up to C34 Eximius

Updated August 2015
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 02/02/2014 :  07:39:05  Show Profile
Hi Paul - I'm not making the connection...what did Boat US have to do w/ this?
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Response Posted - 02/02/2014 :  09:00:25  Show Profile
In CT you can't even register a boat without one, and you're illegal operating without it. I take it none of that is true in FL...
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/02/2014 :  09:45:33  Show Profile
Congratulations Paul!
Also in CT there is a voluntary coastal navigation endorsement for your safe boating card. About 5% of CT boaters have that.
Many boating organizations are certified to offer the training and testing in the State. The CT environmental protection dept, USCGAux, US Power Squadrons and private companies offer both the reqd and optional courses. Personal Watercraft endorsement is a non-optional add-on to the safe boater card if you fly a PWC.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 02/02/2014 :  11:11:37  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
We both did the Free Boat U.S. course online.
Free at [url="http://www.boatus.org/courses/"]Boat U.S.[/url]

Completion and taking the test earn the Card.

It would be interesting to find how many Florida Boat Owners have one, percentage?

There are at least 704,000 cards issued


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islander
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Response Posted - 02/02/2014 :  13:39:21  Show Profile
Online courses are not allowed in many states. Too easy to cheat I guess. I don't think they are allowed in N.Y or Conn. Don't know about others.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 02/03/2014 :  09:32:18  Show Profile
I did the online course in WA. I need the card for my Pearson 28-2, the inboard engine is 18hp and you need the card for motors &gt;15hp. I didn't need it for my Catalina 25 with it's 9.8hp outboard.

I think that the boater safety courses are a good idea, even if adoption is pretty lax at this time.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/04/2014 :  07:55:38  Show Profile
Tennessee requires passing a safety course if under a certain age and you have to be at least 16 to operate a PWC. Although I didn't have to, I took an online water safety course for the experience. Probably should do it annually as a refresher course.
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Response Posted - 02/04/2014 :  08:02:56  Show Profile
Tennessee requires passing a safety course if under a certain age and you have to be at least 16 to operate a PWC. Although I didn't have to, I took an online water safety course for the experience. Probably should do it annually as a refresher course.
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Dave Brown
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Response Posted - 02/05/2014 :  10:30:21  Show Profile
The U.S.Mill. base, Mcgill, in St Peat,s, require one
before you can rent any of there boats.
If it,s good for them, It,s good for me. And why not,
You,ll always learn something.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/08/2014 :  10:50:27  Show Profile
In many cases while visiting out of State, renting a sailboat, the owner did not recognize or accept my CT Safe Boating card. Made me demonstrate my docking and anchoring skills. For an extra fee, of course... Really couldn't blame him tho, anybody off the street can get a little plastic card.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/12/2014 :  10:11:04  Show Profile
Tennessee requires passing a safety course if under a certain age and you have to be at least 16 to operate a PWC. Although I didn't have to, I took an online water safety course for the experience. Probably should do it annually as a refresher course.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/12/2014 :  10:38:14  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Voyager</i>
<br />In many cases while visiting out of State, renting a sailboat, the owner did not recognize or accept my CT Safe Boating card. Made me demonstrate my docking and anchoring skills. For an extra fee, of course... Really couldn't blame him tho, anybody off the street can get a little plastic card.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...and most of those cards don't require any evidence of actual boat handling skills. You listen a little, read a little (?), take a little test, and get a little card.

Better 'n nuttiin...
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piseas
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Response Posted - 02/12/2014 :  12:20:42  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Paul, being a member of BoatUS, I wanted to get my card too. I found out I took the class in 2006. California does not issue ID cards but that might change soon, per Lauren at Boat US. She said most states that do issue the cards, charge $10 but Florida's are free.
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