Dave You must have renewed a while back because now instead of the nice hand signed paper license they now issue the license in what is very close to passport. bright red covers and the same photo used for your TWIC. Same license just IMHO a lousy format as we always framed our paper licenses and have them mounted on Honey's forward bulkhead. The look great on the wall... Jack Fitzgerald In a message dated 12/21/2012 1:37:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dave.god...@me.com writes:
Edd, I hold a USCG 50 GRT Inland Masters with Towing Endorsement and went through the process about 6 years ago. It’s rigorous. I did it like most folks do to obtain it, through a school, in this case Sea School. You will learn quite a bit, much of which you thought you knew but were wrong about… In my case since I have never used it to make money and since I am not on the water on a regular basis, I’ve forgotten the majority of it. I have used it as the Captain of Record on a neighbor’s fishing charter boat when he accidentally let his lapse but that was the extent of it’s usefulness. I’ll echo the Fitzgerald’s take on it as regards what it takes to keep it current and its usefulness and say that the driving force for my getting it was that I kept telling my wife that I was going to get one. She finally said put up or shut up. In all honesty, I did feel a fair amount of pride when I received it. I renewed last year but am fairly certain that I too will let it lapse when the next renewal comes due. It does look nice on the wall though… Best, Dave “Ronin” C&C 37 Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Edd Schillay <_edd@schillay.com_ (mailto:e...@schillay.com) > wrote: 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_ (http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/) _CnC-List@cnc-list.com_ (mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com) = _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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