Schoonertrash wrote:

You have to have been around a goodly number of years ...

I am glad you didn't write "ungodly number of years" 8-)

One is he actually does have a 100 ton license ...

Last time I recall he mentioned anything about it, it was a 25-ton
motorboat ticket.

I don't think that will cover membership in the Council of Master
Mariners in any event.

The next step is to proclaim the whole thread was a way of
'teaching'

He has either trashed his computer trying to protect himself from
hackers or is busy trying to google a way out but either way his silence
is amusing in itself.

Rick

The initial license is for 25tons when you only have time on a boat less
than 6 tons in size. There was something in there about an automatic raise
to 50 and 100 every six months when I did the course. Probably what I was
thinking about. I think, now that you mention it, it isn't automatic but
you have to show some sailing (more accurately motoring) time and/or put in
for it.