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Seeker:
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I have been boating for abour 60 years from Maine to Florida. I didn't bother to get the online certificate when available because I had one from the USPS I received in 1973 (this was at least a 7 week course IIRC). I did help my wife study and she got her NH cert online. I decided it would be nice to have a little plastic card instead of my large paper certificate so I made a copy of it and sent it in with my $10. Got a call from the head of boating safety who said it doesn't say NASBLA approved (they didn't exist then) and we don't know what was covered. I told him I still have the course binder and it covers a lot more than NH's course does. Bottom line I got my check back after 9 months and a new cert from USPS that now says NASBLA approved.
So for anymore old timers who have an old USPS cert that doesn't say NASBLA you could encounter a problem if stopped.
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Seeker, The following is the LAW:
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TITLE XXII
NAVIGATION; HARBORS; COAST SURVEY
CHAPTER 270-D
BOATING AND WATER SAFETY ON NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC WATERS
Safe Boater Education
Section 270-D:15
270-D:15 Certificate Not Required. – A person shall not be required to obtain a certificate of boating safety education if the person holds a certificate from any state indicating successful completion of boating safety education that meets or exceeds the requirements of this subdivision, a certificate from the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, or a certificate from the United States Power Squadron.
Source. 2000, 52:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
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Note that the certificate from the US Power Squadron is specifically noted in the law. (Without a reference to NASBLA) Whoever told you that your Power Squadron certification was too old was mistaken.
Between you and me, I have gone on line and printed out the RSA I quoted above and I keep it in my wallet next to my certificate because my USCGAux certificate was issued in the 80's. As with the USPS and NH certificates the USCGAux certificates are for life, there is no expiration date. I do this just because the MP hires seasonal employees that may not know the law.