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joey2665 · 04-22-2010, 07:36 AM

New Hampshire MP does accept a Coast Guard Approved Cousre in place of their cousre, but keep in mind the Cooast Guard course usually focuses on issues related to open water boating and not lake boating (though many safety issues are the same). If you should by pass the NH test for the CG test you should at least pick up the coarse materials from NHMP and give it a good read as there are many informative issues related to the lake that a good safer boater should have knowledge of ( ie the 150 foot rule).

04-22-2010, 07:36 AM	#3
joey2665 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Meredith Bay & LI, NY Posts: 3,220 Thanks: 1,206 Thanked 1,007 Times in 648 Posts	Coast Guard Approved Course New Hampshire MP does accept a Coast Guard Approved Cousre in place of their cousre, but keep in mind the Cooast Guard course usually focuses on issues related to open water boating and not lake boating (though many safety issues are the same). If you should by pass the NH test for the CG test you should at least pick up the coarse materials from NHMP and give it a good read as there are many informative issues related to the lake that a good safer boater should have knowledge of ( ie the 150 foot rule).