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Operator's Card: What's a "motor"?
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:31:16 GMT, wrote:
I spent some time on the TransportCanada website to see if I could find anything
to sort this out. The only clue I found is that whenever they refer to a
"motor", they describe it as being either 10 H.P. or 7.5 KW in size. That
indicates to me that in Canada, regardless of whether the mechanical populsion
is electric, gasoline or diesel, it doesn't count unless it is over 10 HP or 7.5
KW in size. That also seems to indicate that Canada considers any type of power
to be a "motor", but motors of any kind under a certain size don't count any
way.
There IS an age horsepower restriction. The biggest reason for the 9.9HP, is you
don't need to license a vessle under 7.5KW/10HP. So you can hang a 9.9 on your
tin boat and go fishing. If you hang a 10HP or a 15HP, then you have to license
the boat.
The Operators Proficiency Card is required for any boat under 4 meters with any
type of motor. I've got a little inflateable with a 1.2HP outboard. For that I
had to get a card. For the big boat, I don't need it till 2009, but that's not
that far away.
So the short answer, is your wife requires a card to legally operate the tender
with a trolling motor.
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