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A Jensen wrote:
>Ean Kingston
>I live in Canada and we have a vastly different method of providing
>Certification for ships captains. We also have mandatory licensing in
>Ontario now just to operate a boat (the Pleasurecraft Operators Card and
>the Toronto Harbour License both apply to me).
>
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>REPLY
>Actually it isn't just applicable to Ontario.
>The PCOC is country wide since it is a federally mandated requirement
>enforced by the Coast Guard.
>
>BTW, does Toronto Harbour Police stil require a seperate licence fo the
>harbour now that we have the PCOC?
>
>
Yes they do but if you are a member of one of the marina's in the
harbour they let you go with a warning most of the time (no promises
though). They have also been pretty nice to folks that are stopping at
one of the marinas overnight (your experience may be different).
>Canada does not have an equivalent to the American "six pack" In fact they
>have a somewhat peculiar system of requiring a smal vessel Captain to be
>registered in each region they opperate.
>While living in Toronto I made inquiries as to how I could become certified
>in any way.
>Turns out that yes if I put in 18 months at sea with documented proof as
>being employed as a deck hand or such and if I passed specific tests then I
>might be licensed for the Toronto region.
>But if I moved to the other end of Lake Ontario to Kingston then I would
>have to be recertified by the Coast Guard office in that area.
>My job took mne to all sorts of places all over the province and sometimes
>beyond.
>With such a cumbersome requirement it was impossible for me to become
>certified except as a master mariner for 100 tons or larger vesel. That
>required too much time, study, and sea time in larger vessel than is
>feasible for small craft operators of boats under 65 feet.
>
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