Capt. Jeff wrote:
Let's say a licensed master decides to offer to donate a boat ride to a
charitable organization's service auction. This group gets the money
when someone pays for the ride, the buyer gets the boat ride, the
captain gets nothing but a warm fuzzy feeling for contributing to the
charity. This is clearly not a part of any business, and the captain is
not in this business anyway.
Has the captain received compensation for this according to USCG
regulations? Does this mean s/he needs chartering insurance, has to be
documented, etc. to do this annually?
Capt. Jeff
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This is interesting. A few years ago, I did pretty much exactly what
you are describing here. My wife was involved in a charity auction and
had nothing to donate, so I suggested that I take a couple guys out for
a day of fishing on my boat. She made up a picnic lunch for everyone on
board. Since the money was paid directly to the charity, I never gave
any thought to the fact that I may be considered a "charter boat
skipper". We had a nice day and no problems and I forgot all about it.
But, this info makes me wonder if I was putting myself at risk...

Happy boatshows, Norm