Any charter boat captains here?

[henn5849]

I have a question for a charter boat captain.

For a Captains license. Do you have to have worked on a charter boat for 365 days or does your recreational boat time count? Thanks!



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[Overboost44]

I am pretty certain that your recreational boat time counts. It was years ago when I took the class. You just had to have the time documented in a log book. Sorry, I can't be positive. Someone else will chime in.

 

[Streetgang]

I am pretty certain that your recreational boat time counts. It was years ago when I took the class. You just had to have the time documented in a log book. Sorry, I can't be positive. Someone else will chime in.

It has to be logged but this is true.

 

[mark71211]

I would believe the guy with a profile pic of a boat. Something is telling me that he knows a little something about boats, but I can't put my finger in it....

 

[fivepointstar]

I can hook you up with my friends.....they can give you a 3-hour tour

 

[crowmd]

when I got mine it was the honor system they took your word but that was in the early 90's

 

[GoGoGadget]

when I got mine it was the honor system they took your word but that was in the early 90's

I got my 100 ton masters in the 90s too.

Any boat works. Make sure your hours are logged. They may or may not look at your log book and investigate. If you can try and get some commercial hours in if possible ( mate for another captain or whatever).

Not sure if they still do the towing endorsement or not, but if so, it's only a few extra questions so you may as well go for it.

 

[traveller]

Any boat works. Make sure your hours are logged. They may or may not look at your log book and investigate. If you can try and get some commercial hours in if possible ( mate for another captain or whatever).

They only investigate if you screw up and hurt someone. Then they go back and see if you lied to get your CG license and if you did they nail you harder for the lying than for the accident that sparked the investigation.

 

[Juche90]

A good spot to sleuth USCG licensing info can be found here:

http://gcaptain.com/forum/forum.php

 

[SRD]

when I got mine it was the honor system they took your word but that was in the early 90's

Same here,around 92.Six pack and 25T masters were honor system,not sure about the heavier class or other endorsements.

 

[henn5849]

Thanks. You guys are awesome as usual!

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