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Originally posted by Rick:
Interesting if you pass the commercial boaters license test this cannot be substituted for the recreational boaters license. So you actually can be licensed to operate a commercial boat but not your personal boat!
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If you have a Commercial boating license issued by the USCG or NH you do not need to take the safe boating course or have the certificate (it's not a license) to operate your personal recreational boat as long as the commercial license is valid.
The following is from the NH Public Safety website:
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“A person who is licensed by the State of New Hampshire or the United States Coast Guard to operate a commercial vessel will not have to take the safe boater education course and will be exempt from the requirements of the law as long as they maintain their commercial license”.
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If it were me I would go for the USCG 6-pack or 100 Ton Masters license. That way if you want to carry passengers for hire somewhere else your license is recognized everywhere, the NH Commercial license may not be recognized anywhere else, so if you're going to invest the time you might as well invest it in the license recognized everywhere.
While I could find references to a commercial license being granted by the State of NH I couldn’t find out what the requirements are, how closely they parallel the Coast Guard requirements, or how much they vary or even where to get the study guide!
Anyone have any idea?