Boaters certificate question

[Skip]

Originally Posted by chipj29

Anyone know what the procedure is to obtain a replacement boaters cert? I seem to have lost mine somewhere, somehow...

Just fill out this FORM and follow the instructions and you'll soon be as good as new....or trade down to one of those new fangled certificate free 25 HP pontoon boat combos!

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by Skip

Just fill out this FORM and follow the instructions and you'll soon be as good as new....or trade down to one of those new fangled certificate free 25 HP pontoon boat combos!

Thanks Skip. I found it kind of funny (or not) that it states "original card MUST be returned with this form". If I am replacing a lost card, how is that possible?

And no, there will be no <25hp craft in my future.

[Skip]

Originally Posted by chipj29

..I found it kind of funny (or not) that it states "original card MUST be returned with this form". If I am replacing a lost card, how is that possible?...

Down in the verbiage it lists reasons to check off for a new card, including address and name change along with a box to check if the card is lost.

They are attempting to do several jobs with one form, so if you are replacing your card due to wording issues they want the original card back.

Chipper had me stumped for a minute until I went back and re-read the form!

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by Skip

Down in the verbiage it lists reasons to check off for a new card, including address and name change along with a box to check if the card is lost.

They are attempting to do several jobs with one form, so if you are replacing your card due to wording issues they want the original card back.

Chipper had me stumped for a minute until I went back and re-read the form!

I haven't been called Chipper in many many years....lol
I am faxing the form today. It says to allow 4-6 weeks to arrive by mail. We will see how long it really is. I am going to keep a copy of the form and the fax sheet that the fax prints (acknowledgment) on my boat in case I get nabbed by the MP in the meantime.

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by chipj29

I haven't been called Chipper in many many years....lol
I am faxing the form today. It says to allow 4-6 weeks to arrive by mail. We will see how long it really is. I am going to keep a copy of the form and the fax sheet that the fax prints (acknowledgment) on my boat in case I get nabbed by the MP in the meantime.

I am happy to report that I got my rreplacement card in 3 weeks time. I never did put a copy of the form on my boat, completely forgot. Good thing I didn't get stopped.

[John A. Birdsall]

I could see one of them gfbb now with a 20 hp mercury on the back saying, there no certificate needed. How long would it take him to get out of the weirs channel. He probably would not have any problem with headway speed.

[Skip]

Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall

I could see one of them gfbb now with a 20 hp mercury on the back saying, there no certificate needed. How long would it take him to get out of the weirs channel. He probably would not have any problem with headway speed.

Actually, John, you may have to coin a new acronym....GFBS (go fast be small).

Fralick Boats makes and sells wooden hydroplane boat kits and plans that have models that have exceeded 70+ utilizing only a 25HP motor! And with a sleek low down wooden hull and virtually little metal cross sectional display with the mostly aluminum motor barely above the waterline, the craft is nearly invisible to RF based radar and very hard to target correctly even with LASER/LIDAR units!

What will they think of next....composite home built kits perhaps...

[Woodsy]

Originally Posted by Skip

Actually, John, you may have to coin a new acronym....GFBS (go fast be small).

Fralick Boats makes and sells wooden hydroplane boat kits and plans that have models that have exceeded 70+ utilizing only a 25HP motor! And with a sleek low down wooden hull and virtually little metal cross sectional display with the mostly aluminum motor barely above the waterline, the craft is nearly invisible to RF based radar and very hard to target correctly even with LASER/LIDAR units!

What will they think of next....composite home built kits perhaps...

I really don't see what the fuss is... I called in a few favors over at the ACME US Govt division! I just ordered the prototype ACME Do-It-Yourself Stealth Kit.... it comes complete with top secret composite panels, radar scattering paint (Unfortunately it only comes in one color... olive drab) and a trackbreaker setup off a Prowler....

Wile E. Coyote
Super Genius

[Jeff Furber]

We like to fish at Winnie, when we found out about the proctored test, we called Marine Patrol for some clarification. We come from Mass.
Indeed if we had a Mass Power Squadron cert we were in the clear, its also true that under 25 no cert is needed currently.
Since my fishing partner could not locate his MPQ papers we had to bring his smaller boat with the 20hp on it and leave the larger Ranger Boat at home.

While talking to the Marine Patrol, he asked where to send for the materials for the proctored test. They gave him a phone # in Texas, he ordered all of the material for $25, I think . That was almost a month ago.

I approve of boater safety whole heartedly, to me this was not a response by NH Marine Safety people to intiate this test. I am willing to bet that the idea was proposed to them by someone else as a money making venture with a sidebar of safety.
I realize that material can be downloaded of the web, but my fishing partner is one of those who is not enslaved by the world of technology, at least not electronic.

Jeff

[searay220]

I was once told 2 or 3 years ago by a marine patrol rep (you know the guys that give the free saftey inspections at the public docks)that the Mass Coast Gaurd Aux certificate is good in New Hampshire. Is this true or have the rules been changing like the wind?

[bigdog]

This in response to 'searay220', asking whether a Mass Coast Guard Auxiliary Certificate meets the N.H. Boating Certificate requirements...

I have such a Cert. granted to me several years back. I had Cert. card laminated in plastic, and carry keep on my boat.

To keep a long story short... Last summer I was stopped by the M.P. for the 150' Rule. Oversight on their part. They were approaching me, and I was headed in different direction. Can you say 'entrapment' ! I guess it was a quiet day for them, and they must have been bored ?

In the exchange of Registration, they asked for my NH Boater's Cert. I indicated I didn't have one, but did have a 'Coast Guard Aux. Cert. and handed it over to them. These two M.P. guys couldn't have been much over 21, and looked at my USCG Cert. like two deers caught in the 'headlights' !Guess they never saw one before ?

They called into the M.P. Hdqts for instructions. Apparantly the Commandant told them my USCG Cert. was sufficient training to meet N.H. regulations. They gave me all my paperwork back, and told me to have a 'good day' !

I'm not sure how the office N.H. Boater's Rulebook explains this, but I'm sure there's verbage in there about Cert's. from other Govt. agencies being reciporical.