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Originally Posted by joey2665
I believe it but I think in my opinion they are stretching the law a little too far, they are not really providing a “transportation “ type service. By this logic they would need a CDL to take people around on the land.
I absolutely understand marinas shuttling boats, services to and from ports and the islands basically anyone getting paid for the actual transportation service.
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A CDL is required because of the vehicle being operated, not the purpose of the operation. Vehicles are in categories by weight and whether they are equipped with air brakes or are two piece units. The exceptions to that are the addition of endorsements to the CDL such as passengers, hazmat, double trailers, or tank truck.
A Commercial Boat License is required because of the purpose of that operation not the size of the vessel.
As someone said above, there is really no parallel from boats to motor vehicles.