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the raggies make a big deal of this "you can just buy a big boat and whosh off!" they say.
But tis an interesting ppoint. If you buy a telly there a tv licence. Don't see the need for a licence BUT.
If you ask for insurance on a boat, do they ask about experience? Mine didn't. Couldn't there be a "declaration of competence". in other words, statement by insured as to why they think they are already competent (there's a post bu nick_robinson below) where he lists long long list of why he rightly thinks yeah i''l be ok cos of etc etc etc.." whereas others should give bit more...and follow up re skills and such.
Because boats are Sooo different from cars, a licence is No Good. Powerboat level this and that is only a bit relevant, different sizes, tides, waters and so on. And, other skills importnat too: there are lots who have flown planes, much more difficult to navigate, no hanging around thinking bout it, so skills there will be relevant.
The insurance peeps, therefore, shd run a spare page per insured, with a flag for those who say no, i can't categorically say i am ok right now, but i will be soon becos etc etc and keep that updated. Self-licensing, essentially. Yes you can look at your own licence, and update. No, you can't look at others. If not correct, in the absolute limit, 3rd party insurance is valid, but yours isn't. Big but reasonable cheese person to decide.
BTW, if you call and ask for insurance on 80-footer, they don't ask for any qualifications, or explanation as to why on earth this will be okay, in fact they dont even ask for anything cept 10k please. So, the raggies have a point, don't they?
No, i don't want licencing per se. Wd like to force nooodles in boats to Get Some Training, and wd say that (small) number of insurers cd force it. If they don't have details on boatusers insured, the boat insurer gets a kicking from whoever.
But tis an interesting ppoint. If you buy a telly there a tv licence. Don't see the need for a licence BUT.
If you ask for insurance on a boat, do they ask about experience? Mine didn't. Couldn't there be a "declaration of competence". in other words, statement by insured as to why they think they are already competent (there's a post bu nick_robinson below) where he lists long long list of why he rightly thinks yeah i''l be ok cos of etc etc etc.." whereas others should give bit more...and follow up re skills and such.
Because boats are Sooo different from cars, a licence is No Good. Powerboat level this and that is only a bit relevant, different sizes, tides, waters and so on. And, other skills importnat too: there are lots who have flown planes, much more difficult to navigate, no hanging around thinking bout it, so skills there will be relevant.
The insurance peeps, therefore, shd run a spare page per insured, with a flag for those who say no, i can't categorically say i am ok right now, but i will be soon becos etc etc and keep that updated. Self-licensing, essentially. Yes you can look at your own licence, and update. No, you can't look at others. If not correct, in the absolute limit, 3rd party insurance is valid, but yours isn't. Big but reasonable cheese person to decide.
BTW, if you call and ask for insurance on 80-footer, they don't ask for any qualifications, or explanation as to why on earth this will be okay, in fact they dont even ask for anything cept 10k please. So, the raggies have a point, don't they?
No, i don't want licencing per se. Wd like to force nooodles in boats to Get Some Training, and wd say that (small) number of insurers cd force it. If they don't have details on boatusers insured, the boat insurer gets a kicking from whoever.