Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Drunk (speeding) boater crahes, Lake George

lakershaker · 06-06-2008, 02:05 PM

I agree with Skip, but would like to add some information that may have been overlooked. The Boating Certificate is in effect your license, in that is shows you have passed a test of knowledge. However, having that license in and of itself does not grant you the right or privilege to operate a boat. That is separate. When you are convicted of BWI, your privilege to operate a boat is revoked for one year under RSA 270:48-a II(b). The certificate says you acquired knowlege through a course and test: that can't be changed. However, whether you have that card or not, under RSA 270:48-a II(b), you can't use it to operate a boat for one year. After that year is up, you still have the certificate and can then use it again.

06-06-2008, 02:05 PM	#41
lakershaker Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Rattlesnake Isl. - Simsbury, CT Posts: 271 Thanks: 90 Thanked 44 Times in 26 Posts	Rights, Privileges and Licenses I agree with Skip, but would like to add some information that may have been overlooked. The Boating Certificate is in effect your license, in that is shows you have passed a test of knowledge. However, having that license in and of itself does not grant you the right or privilege to operate a boat. That is separate. When you are convicted of BWI, your privilege to operate a boat is revoked for one year under RSA 270:48-a II(b). The certificate says you acquired knowlege through a course and test: that can't be changed. However, whether you have that card or not, under RSA 270:48-a II(b), you can't use it to operate a boat for one year. After that year is up, you still have the certificate and can then use it again.