Quote:
Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
You don't have to have a certificate to own a boat, and you don't have to have a certificate to register a boat either. The only requirement is that the driver of the boat (who is not always the boat owner) have a certificate. That is why they don't ask.
04-19-2010 09:02 PM
Airwaves Orginally posted by Belmont Resident
Who the heck registers a boat and does not drive it?
Read what you posted you make no sense at all with that comment.
In all actuality you should be required to produce your driver’s license when you register which I’ve not been required to produce either.
There are and have been many of us that would like to see a sticker system in place that indicates the owner of the boat did take a boater safety course. This would give the MP a reason to pull more of the vacationing boaters many who have no clue as to what they are or should be doing off the lake.
|
Ummmm...well I have had my wife register my PWC in the past, and she doesn't drive it. She won't even go on it. She does not have a boaters cert. That makes plenty of sense to me.
When I registered it a couple weeks ago at Concord DMV, they asked for my drivers license.
Although I agree that there could be a better way to identify boaters who do not have a boaters cert, a sticker would simply NOT work. Let me give you a hypothetical example:
*I own a boat which is kept at my dock. I have my boaters cert, therefore there is a sticker on my boat. On weekends, I have family and friends come visit me. Being the nice guy that I am, I let my brother take his family out in my boat, even though he does not have his boaters cert. The boat has a sticker saying that the owner (Me) has a cert, but what good does that do when the guy driving does not have a cert?
*Disclaimer-This is very hypothetical, as I do not own a boat (I own a PWC), I do not have a dock, and I do not have a brother. I do however have my boaters cert.
Why would a sticker work? The boat is not required to be certified, as the boat does not drive itself. The driver of the boat (at the time it is being driven) needs to be certified.