"Phil Abuster" wrote in message
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"Dennis Pogson" wrote in message
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Please excuse my ignorance in posing this question. As a UK sailor of
many
years experience in racing and cruising yachts, I am curious to know,
since
the subject rarely turns up, whether our US cousins have a similar series
of
qualifications to those administered in the UK by the Royal Yachting
Association (Yachmaster, at various levels).

I am not extolling the virtues of such "official"qualifications, indeed
many
UK sailors think they are less than useful, just curious to know if such
training and examination facilities exist in the US, as the subject never
seems to be discussed in this NG.

Dennis.



You Brits have America beat hands down. Just look at some of the training
available in your country:

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/02/...-the-martinis/

Our Coast Guard/Navy is too busy dealing with Islamophobic paranoia and
incompetent boaters. There should be strict licensing of anyone who takes
to US waters and with that licensing should be rigorous training and
qualification. Currently, licenses are passed out too freely and the
taxpayer bears the brunt of the expenses.

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Here we go again :::: Licenses?
li·cense (lº"s.ns) n. 1.a. Official or legal permission to do or own a
specified thing. b. Proof of permission granted, usually in the form of a
document, card, plate, or tag.

Why are you so quick to give up your constitutional right of FREEDOM? Do
you think the license

requirement is for safety? YOu are dumber than a stump.. it is TAXATION,
pure and simple.

Where does all the boat registration money go? Boater education? Not up
here.. it goes in the

pocket of Mr Politician, the fat asshole who gets the big fat paycheck and
the big fat retirement.



Benjamin Franklin
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"