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BoatUS Foundation: State Approved/Specific Boating Safety Courses (various states)
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BoatUS.org is offering their BoatUS Foundation: State Approved Boating Safety Courses for Free when you enroll in your state specific Boating Safety Course Catalog, study and pass to receive your certificate of completion.
Thanks to community member CheapyDinglebop for finding this deal
Note, ensure that you sign up for your state specific boater ID (if required) before taking the course.
State/NASBA Approved Boating Safety Courses
Thanks to community member CheapyDinglebop for finding this deal
Note, ensure that you sign up for your state specific boater ID (if required) before taking the course.
State/NASBA Approved Boating Safety Courses
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I was tired of paying $10 for only a 3 month temporary boaters license in my state (FL) every time I wanted to rent a jetski and found out that this free safety course is all that is required for a lifetime license. They have every state available but I'm not sure about licensing requirements outside of this safety course. Note: Not necessary if born before 1988 in Florida.
The time limit on each slide is very frustrating but hey it's free..
https://www.boatus.org/free/
I think it takes around 4 to 6 hours but I did a module every couple days when I had time. The company asked for an optional donation.
The time limit on each slide is very frustrating but hey it's free..
https://www.boatus.org/free/
I think it takes around 4 to 6 hours but I did a module every couple days when I had time. The company asked for an optional donation.
Created 08-01-2023
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02:17 AM
These BoatUS courses get you NASBLA approved certificates.. And here is the "State Reciprocity" map.. https://www.nasbla.org/nasblamain...ec
Basically, all states are green, except for Louisiana and Connecticut, and have full reciprocity. The link has more info.
I live in New Hampshire, but took the New York one because it did not have an in-person testing requirement like NH one does. The NY one was free, and I just put my NH address. I then paid $15 to get two lifetime plastic cards mailed to me. My wife did the same, but took the Florida one. So, now that I have my plastic NY certificate, I can use it in almost all states, including NH.
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NASBLA reciprocity may not be all that's needed to operate in other States. Each State has different rules, and it's best to check directly with the State that you'll be operating in, for any requirements.
In the above example, NH accepts:
"A boating certificate issued by another State agency and NASBLA approved." https://www.nhsp.dos.nh
For New York State, since the BoatUS Foundation is the issuer of the certificate, rather than NYS, this one wouldn't be valid for NH.
The Florida one may be valid in NH, since that one is issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and is NASBLA approved.
Basically, all states are green, except for Louisiana and Connecticut, and have full reciprocity. The link has more info.
I live in New Hampshire, but took the New York one because it did not have an in-person testing requirement like NH one does. The NY one was free, and I just put my NH address. I then paid $15 to get two lifetime plastic cards mailed to me. My wife did the same, but took the Florida one. So, now that I have my plastic NY certificate, I can use it in almost all states, including NH.
--
NASBLA reciprocity may not be all that's needed to operate in other States. Each State has different rules, and it's best to check directly with the State that you'll be operating in, for any requirements.
In the above example, NH accepts:
"A boating certificate issued by another State agency and NASBLA approved." https://www.nhsp.dos.nh
For New York State, since the BoatUS Foundation is the issuer of the certificate, rather than NYS, this one wouldn't be valid for NH.
The Florida one may be valid in NH, since that one is issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and is NASBLA approved.
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California law requires a person to be 16 years of age or older and in possession of his/her California Boater Card to legally operate a vessel powered by a motor of 15 hp or more, including personal watercraft (PWCs).
Exceptions to this law are:
Persons 12 to 15 years of age may operate a vessel powered by a motor of 15 hp or more, including PWCs, if they are supervised on board by a person at least 18 years of age and in possession of his/her California Boater Card.
There is no age restriction for operating a sailboat under 30 ft. long (with wind as the main source of propulsion) or a dinghy used between a moored vessel and shore or between two moored vessels.
It is illegal to permit a person under the age of 16 to operate a vessel powered by a motor of 15 hp or more, including PWCs, without onboard supervision by a person 18 years of age or older who is in possession of his/her California Boater Card.
If I take the course now, will the certificate be good when I renew my license in a few years?
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In Michigan, those at least 16 years of age and born after Dec. 31, 1978, may legally operate a PWC only if they have obtained a boating safety certificate.
Those born on or before Dec. 31, 1978, may operate a PWC legally without restrictions.
So that 1977 argument goes right out the door there Gen X'er. The cutoff for inclusion in that micro-generation is Jan 1, 1979 it's written into state law.
You can tell when this Michigan law was passed as it mentions being at least 16 and born in 1979 (as those people born then are either 43 or 44 by now). I can tell you the amount of tickets the Coasties and sheriffs wrote among my friends alone probably funded their OT for the year.
Next, will this course satisfy those requirements--of course not (stupid Canadians and Boomers). Those Boomers want that 44 year old to have to schlep down to the Coast Guard or County Sheriff's office and have to sit through a 4 hour course plus pay $30 to be able to ride a PWC. The Canadians get blamed because they want a Canadian Pleasure Craft Operator Card and Michigan which shares water boundaries needed a more thorough course to accomplish this.
So thanks for nothing as this course doesn't help unless,"I am on vacation" so stick a banana in your tailpipe as I side with the Millennials.
Approved permanent Boating Safety Education Certificates for Pennsylvania residents must be issued by the PA Fish and Boat Commission. Out of state boaters must have a certificate issued for a course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA).
Appears to be a form for $10 they will convert any nasbla to a pa fish and boat commission cert. What scam.
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS ($10) – To convert a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, or other course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to a PFBC Boating Safety Education Certificate, submit this form, along with a copy of the certificate, and payment. (If mailing the original, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want your current certificate returned.)
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