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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:21:15 -0500, wrote:

Unless it changed recently, Connecticut has a two tiered PWC requires slightly
more instruction and a few more test questions) Safe Boating Certificate, and
has reciprocity with some states (NY Mass, RI.)

Um...well, depends on how you look at it.

Yes, it is a two tiered system - no, it's not longer or more test
questions - it's the exact same course you take for boating and the
exact same exam - typical for CT - only the names are changed to
protect the innocent. Even the course material is the same.

This two tiered system was thought up by state senator, now President
Pro Tem of the Senate and Chief in Charge of Bad Ideas Donald
Williams. I will not proffer my opinion on the relative worthyness of
State Senator Williams's ability to do anything more complicated than
tie his shoes properly.

And, if you know the right PWC dealer, it's done in four hours.

If you are in CT waters for
more than 60 days during a calendar year, you have to have a CT safe boating
cert. Rental boats do not require you to have a Cert for rentals 2 weeks or
less.

Technically, that's true, but not if you are certified by another
state and reside in that state. If you come into CT from another
state that doesn't have the certification process, then you have sixty
days.