Edd, My wife & I both hold USCG 200 GRT Masters licenses. Original issue 1987. Did the Sea School prior to sitting for the tests, have no idea of how it works these days. Renewal is a PITA as we just went through that with the USCG, also now you must hold a valid TWIC (Transportation Workers Identification Card issued by the TSA) Card in order to keep your license and that adds another USD 132.50 to the $ USD 145.00 renewal fee. Both are valid for 5 years. Between our sailing C&C 39 and delivering yachts that we export from our dock to the pier we have never actually used them to make any money..but we do enough offshore sailing to gain enough time to keep our current tonnage and keep the licenses renewed. We will not renew them when they expire in 5 years and we will then be to old to use them We originally obtained the licenses with the idea of doing crewed charters as well as big boat sailing lessons. After all of the hassle of becoming licensed it became apparent to us that we really didn't want to have to take people sailing and having kiss their asses as the same time since they would be paying us. So beyond the initial ego trip we have never actually used these tickets as originally intended. Nice to have, but expensive to obtain and keep current Jack & Beth Fitzgerald C&C 39TM HONEY US12788 Savannah, GA USA In a message dated 12/21/2012 12:35:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, e...@schillay.com writes:
Listers, Has anyone on the list gone through the process of getting a captain's license? And, if so, why? I keep seeing these courses available at boat shows and the back of sailing magazines, and have always been a little curious. Then again, I've heard horror stories as to increased liability should someone get hurt on a vessel operated by a licensed captain. Any thoughts? All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY _Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website_ (http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/) = _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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