On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:01:41 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:41:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

~~ Snippage ~~

More to the point, can a person holding a Salt Near Shore Masters
rating translate that experience to a Great Lakes Masters license?

My understanding is, "no." Since it is a "rating" it would require 90
days on the Great Lakes (to add it to an existing "Near Coastal"...
although the other time(s) should be counted toward the total 360
days.

Source... Chapman's

Hmmm - interesting. I wonder why. You have to know the inland rules
for rivers/lakes, navigation is the same - it's just a question of
experience which, I would think anyway, would be just as valid from
the Ocean Bouy's inland as they would be from inland port to the Ocean
Bouy. If you have a Masters Near Shore, for example, I don't
understand why you can't get an inland endorsement or vice versa
actually. Do "salties" have to change captains when they pass the
Ocean Bouy to travel down the St. Lawrence?

Later,

Tom