On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:46:54 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

"Ken Heaton, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia" wrote

Hi Roger, no requirement unless you stay 45 or more consecutive days.

I definitely plan to so I've got to find out what they will accept from a
state that doesn't issue the kind of documentation they describe.

Sounds like this might be your out:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who

(c) was born before April 2, 1983, has proof of age on board and
operates a pleasure craft of at least 4 m in length before September
15, 2009; or

"Wayne.B" wrote

(c) was born before April 2, 1983, has proof of age on board and
operates a pleasure craft of at least 4 m in length before September
15, 2009; or


I'm OK for next year but it is the year after that I expect to be there more
than 45 days.

It's a bit ambiguous though. Do you think it means that you just have to
have prior operating experience of a boat over 4 M if you were born before
1983?

--
Roger Long

On Aug 30, 9:25*pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote

(c) was born before April 2, 1983, has proof of age on board and
operates a pleasure craft of at least 4 m in length before September
15, 2009; or

I'm OK for next year but it is the year after that I expect to be there more
than 45 days.

It's a bit ambiguous though. *Do you think it means that you just have to
have prior operating experience of a boat over 4 M if you were born before
1983?

--
Roger Long

No, this means up to September 15, 2009 a card is not required if you
are more than 16 years old (by April 2, 2009) and your boat is 4 or
more metres long. After September 15, 2009 everyone has to have the
card if the boat has a motor (rental checklists, etc. excepted).