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jrc · 06-28-2007, 12:29 PM

The safety cert may be a small part but I doubt it's a big part. On the macro scale (the last forty years) boating has grown agressively, but on a shorter time scale (the last 5-10 years) boating growth has been slow to flat. If you dig through this site http://www.bts.gov You will see that the US and NH growth in boat registrations has been about 1% per year for the last few years. Maybe it's gas, maybe it's changing life styles, maybe it's the aging population, but it's bigger than our lake and it's bigger than NH.

I'm all for the safety cert and can't possibly see why applying the exisitng test or a sub-set of it to "Hobies, kayaks, sculls, canoes, sailboards, windsurfers, sailboats, rowboats, powered inflatables and small outboards" would be harmful.

I do think the state needs to make it easier to get the training by accepting courses for other states, the USPS and private training companies.

06-28-2007, 12:29 PM	#38
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	The safety cert may be a small part but I doubt it's a big part. On the macro scale (the last forty years) boating has grown agressively, but on a shorter time scale (the last 5-10 years) boating growth has been slow to flat. If you dig through this site http://www.bts.gov You will see that the US and NH growth in boat registrations has been about 1% per year for the last few years. Maybe it's gas, maybe it's changing life styles, maybe it's the aging population, but it's bigger than our lake and it's bigger than NH. I'm all for the safety cert and can't possibly see why applying the exisitng test or a sub-set of it to "Hobies, kayaks, sculls, canoes, sailboards, windsurfers, sailboats, rowboats, powered inflatables and small outboards" would be harmful. I do think the state needs to make it easier to get the training by accepting courses for other states, the USPS and private training companies.