This is a good question, which impetuous youths and more experienced sailors may take issue with. Apart from the obvious answer – the law, you can also learning more about your hobby and enjoy better time on the water from owning one.
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The article over at Boating license gives you some new statistics from the Coast Guard about what are the more common reasons for accidents. As more people take to the water the issue of consistency grows more. For example on the road you don’t tend to drive through traffic lights when they are red? The answer is clearly not. The reason is that it’s not safe to do so.
In the same vein, vessels of particular sizes have pre existing lights over their decks in order to give other water users the correct information as to there size in the dark. Each state has different laws for boating licenses. The difference fall in to a few categories. Mainly to do with the age that certification is required and having suitable life jackets for children available. If you would enjoy more detail, then Boatpride has lots of quality content.
December 6, 2008 at 8:10 pm
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