CG Auxiliary and USPS courses from the past are good.
Skipper of the Sea Que.
Silver Duck was right. When the NHMP told you that an approved course taken years ago will not meet the requirements they were dead wrong.
The class that you took all those years ago (if given by the Auxiliary or the PS) was between eight and 14 weeks long with an average of four to six hours of homework between classes. You left with a true knowledge of Seamanship, piloting, navigation, aids to navigation, marine engines, weather, boat handling and rough weather handling, radio communications and state and federal equipment requirements.
The course was tought by an instructor who took months to qualify to teach and was constantly updated and requalified.
Those of you who have taken the NHMP course may ask yourself "Did I get all that from my 6 to 8 hour course?"
As Silver Duck suggested take the NH course again as a refresher but don't let them tell you that your Auxiliary or USPS course is no good. That is simply not true.
This winter, probably starting mid to late January, the Lakes Region Detachment of the UCCG Auxiliary is planing a full blown course as discribed above. It will be followed by a one to two week class sponsored by the Boat/US Foundation deaigned to prepare students for the NH Comercial Vessel Operator's License.
I need a minimum of 10 studentsts to pull this off and I have five or six now so if anyone here is interested drop me a private post and we'll see what we can do.
By the way, I have known JP for a while and all I can say is that the lady Captain knows her stuff. But good!
Misty Blue
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