How many C-Dory Owners are licensed Captains?
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I wonder if ole' Joe Hazelwood owns a C-dory?
1TUBERIDER
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Hi Brats
I am not a captain. I am a qualified coast guard coxswain. I am qualified to run a safe boat. I am also a qualified national safe boating council instructor. I also have taken many cg aux courses.
For those of you who do not know the rules of the road, driving a boat like a car on the highway is close until you discover there are no white stripes, parking lots or shoulders. No big deal when the highway is empty. I really feel sorry for captains who have to deal with skippers lack of knowledge. If you boat in busy waterways it wise to learn the nav rules or at least the basics about priorities, give way or stand on, lights, sound or signals. Not to mention buoy identification, channel markers and so forth. The nav rule book is handy when on board.
Safe Boating
1tuberider
Jeff
I am not a captain. I am a qualified coast guard coxswain. I am qualified to run a safe boat. I am also a qualified national safe boating council instructor. I also have taken many cg aux courses.
For those of you who do not know the rules of the road, driving a boat like a car on the highway is close until you discover there are no white stripes, parking lots or shoulders. No big deal when the highway is empty. I really feel sorry for captains who have to deal with skippers lack of knowledge. If you boat in busy waterways it wise to learn the nav rules or at least the basics about priorities, give way or stand on, lights, sound or signals. Not to mention buoy identification, channel markers and so forth. The nav rule book is handy when on board.
Safe Boating
1tuberider
Jeff
matt_unique
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B~C":t1yoadv3 said:
You nailed it....we have at least 15 licensed Captains and certainly even more considering military qualifications.
Interesting. Sherryl asked my last night why I had not gone to get my 6 pack like I said I was... Well, things change at times, and I felt other things more important... but told her I would get it done this year.
Interesting story from my late Father. While boating just off the bluffs of JP Coleman State Park, in the corners of AL,MS & TN waters where you kinda wonder which fishing license you should have..... the operater age of a vessel in TN waters came up.
Dad had fished, :beer
with many of the law dogs :dog in Nashville and the story goes like this.
One of the judges and one of heads of the Tn Wildlife Resources were trolling for crapie one day, sipping a bit of TN "spring water." At the helm was the 11 year old son of one of the two law enforcers/makes of TN.
This operator age had been the buzz within the state with horsepowers now getting up over 50 hp on our rivers and lakes... (or some number)... and not longer the 3-15 hp motors being the norm.
One looked at the helm and asked...just how old is he...
Answer: 11.
Response, Hell... pass me another shot, and 11 sounds good to me... Answer: Well, he drove us last year too.
Response: OK then, 10 it is...now pass me the jar.
And, the age was set at 10, but not really in the court room environment.
So.. license or no license.... the adults are not always the best to have at the helm...with or without a license.
Below is a pic of a "kid" that use to drive his Father and me around. Some of you have met his Father, Ranger Dav who worked with me when I was XO or Auburn Univ ROTC Dept...
Yes, at times, DJ was our adult supervision on the CD16, TC24.... and today, he has a jet-jockey's seat down in Pensacola with our Navy! Things change in a few years...
Byrdman...and I'd climb on board with any C-Brat! Would beat getting hurt in a car wrec kany day...or night!!
Interesting story from my late Father. While boating just off the bluffs of JP Coleman State Park, in the corners of AL,MS & TN waters where you kinda wonder which fishing license you should have..... the operater age of a vessel in TN waters came up.
Dad had fished, :beer
with many of the law dogs :dog in Nashville and the story goes like this. One of the judges and one of heads of the Tn Wildlife Resources were trolling for crapie one day, sipping a bit of TN "spring water." At the helm was the 11 year old son of one of the two law enforcers/makes of TN.
This operator age had been the buzz within the state with horsepowers now getting up over 50 hp on our rivers and lakes... (or some number)... and not longer the 3-15 hp motors being the norm.
One looked at the helm and asked...just how old is he...
Answer: 11.
Response, Hell... pass me another shot, and 11 sounds good to me... Answer: Well, he drove us last year too.
Response: OK then, 10 it is...now pass me the jar.
And, the age was set at 10, but not really in the court room environment.
So.. license or no license.... the adults are not always the best to have at the helm...with or without a license.
Below is a pic of a "kid" that use to drive his Father and me around. Some of you have met his Father, Ranger Dav who worked with me when I was XO or Auburn Univ ROTC Dept...
Yes, at times, DJ was our adult supervision on the CD16, TC24.... and today, he has a jet-jockey's seat down in Pensacola with our Navy! Things change in a few years...
Byrdman...and I'd climb on board with any C-Brat! Would beat getting hurt in a car wrec kany day...or night!!
do I win a prize?
I think the purpose of this thread is to see how many members have jumped through the hoops and red tape to earn that document that says you can make a buck with a boat. Does having that document make you a better boater? maybe, maybe not. I was forced to get one in order to support my terrible fishing addiction. I know that I learned a lot that made me a better boater in the process but there are many folks on here with a wealth of marine experience that just haven't jumped through the USCG red tape.
Looks aside, I think C-dorys are a boat for the more serious boater and thus probably more folks with licenses. Many folks buy boats to go fast, look good and help compensate for the size of their.......anyway, I think most C-D owners are more into the whole marine experience.
my $0.02
I think the purpose of this thread is to see how many members have jumped through the hoops and red tape to earn that document that says you can make a buck with a boat. Does having that document make you a better boater? maybe, maybe not. I was forced to get one in order to support my terrible fishing addiction. I know that I learned a lot that made me a better boater in the process but there are many folks on here with a wealth of marine experience that just haven't jumped through the USCG red tape.
Looks aside, I think C-dorys are a boat for the more serious boater and thus probably more folks with licenses. Many folks buy boats to go fast, look good and help compensate for the size of their.......anyway, I think most C-D owners are more into the whole marine experience.
my $0.02
matt_unique
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B~C":30loedfo said:
Maybe we can scare up a prize...here you go! :gift
I started boating when I was 5 with my dad. He had an old Chris Craft wooden cabin cruiser. Man we did a lot of work on that boat and I loved cruising off the coast of Maine. Anyway I started the Captain process with about 25 years of boating experience and what I knew was about 30% of what I needed to know to pass the exams. I self studied and took the exams at MSO Boston.
You will definitely be a better boater relative to where you were before you started the process, 'this aint no boaters safety course'. Now I don't mean to imply that person X with a license is necessarily better than person Y who does not have their license. Person Y may be a C-Dory owner with 40 years experience operating aircraft carriers in the Navy or a Heavy Weather Coxswain in the USCG without a license. Knowledge licensure never replaces experience, but it can be a significant compliment.
Jack in Alaska
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BC..
I really like your last line. It explains a lot of problems you see happening with boats/fast cars etc.............. :lol:
I have owned my own boat since I was 14. My Dad & I built the 1st one. 68 now. Wow........where did the time go...!!!
I really like your last line. It explains a lot of problems you see happening with boats/fast cars etc.............. :lol:
I have owned my own boat since I was 14. My Dad & I built the 1st one. 68 now. Wow........where did the time go...!!!
patrick and linda
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GOING FOR MY TOWING ENDORSEMENT FEB. 18, 2008 IN HURON OHIO.
WORLD WIDE MARINE TRAINING, INC. 1-866-249-2135 WILL BE TEACHING THIS 4 HR CLASS. THEY ALSO OFFER OUPV (6-PAK), UPGRADES TO 25, 50 OR 100-TON, TOWING AND SAILING ENDORSEMENTS SEAMAN AND RELATED, RADAR, FIRST AID/CPR CLASSES AS WELL.
SHOULD BE A WEEKEND TOWING WARRIOR, ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE CUMBERLAND FOR MARINE ASSIST, THIS SPRING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TOWED FOR FREE. I GUESS NOW IT'LL BE "SHOW ME THE MONEY".
PAT
WORLD WIDE MARINE TRAINING, INC. 1-866-249-2135 WILL BE TEACHING THIS 4 HR CLASS. THEY ALSO OFFER OUPV (6-PAK), UPGRADES TO 25, 50 OR 100-TON, TOWING AND SAILING ENDORSEMENTS SEAMAN AND RELATED, RADAR, FIRST AID/CPR CLASSES AS WELL.
SHOULD BE A WEEKEND TOWING WARRIOR, ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE CUMBERLAND FOR MARINE ASSIST, THIS SPRING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TOWED FOR FREE. I GUESS NOW IT'LL BE "SHOW ME THE MONEY".
PAT
matt_unique
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capt. patrick campbell":276njszd said:
ALRIGHT PAT, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR HANDLE FROM CAPT. PATRICK CAMPBELL TO "CAPS LOCK PATRICK CAMPBELL", HA HA, TURN OFF THE CAPS MAN! :shock:
I have been thinking about going for the Towing Endorsement as well. I have not looked into it too much because I would not have an immediate need/use for it. Are you going to do Sea Tow/Tow Boat US work? They seem to advertise for Captains regularly.
patrick and linda
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AHOY, CAPTAIN MATT,
CAPS ARE KING!
MARINE ASSIST IS THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL TOWING SERVICE FOR THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. THEY HAVE FOUR TOWING BOATS AND TOW FROM SMALL PWC TO LARGE HOUSEBOATS. SHOULD BE INTERESTING PUTTING A DEAD-IN-THE WATER, 90', BACK INTO IT'S SLIP.
regarding the towing class, not sure what to expect. looking forward to it other than being in Huron Oh in the dead of winter.
i enjoy the classroom setting, the spirited CONVERSATIONS and people that attend. i've taught a seamanship class for the usps, great working with motivated people, all sharing that boating passion.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
PAT
CAPS ARE KING!
MARINE ASSIST IS THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL TOWING SERVICE FOR THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. THEY HAVE FOUR TOWING BOATS AND TOW FROM SMALL PWC TO LARGE HOUSEBOATS. SHOULD BE INTERESTING PUTTING A DEAD-IN-THE WATER, 90', BACK INTO IT'S SLIP.
regarding the towing class, not sure what to expect. looking forward to it other than being in Huron Oh in the dead of winter.
i enjoy the classroom setting, the spirited CONVERSATIONS and people that attend. i've taught a seamanship class for the usps, great working with motivated people, all sharing that boating passion.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
PAT