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You raise some very valid points. However the CG does require experience, if an applicant decided to "embelish" his/her experience in order to meet the minimum experience requirment that would be called fraud.
Again, my point is NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENT is needed in NH. Want a commercial license? Bring your $2 and take the test.
To get what is commonly still called a "6 Pack" license requires experience. Yes you keep the log yourself. In NH, No Experience Required! You said yourself in your example, the person who "embelished" his/her record of experience soon went out of business.
As an example, on this very forum there was the following question posted elsewhere under the heading
Commercial boater's licence
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Hey guys, I was wondering where I could get education and obtain a commercial boater's licence. I would like to have it soon. Any information would be great! Thanks,
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thanks everybody. My boss runs a rental boat company and he was looking into having me get a commercial license so that if people wanted someone else to drive or take them water skiing I could do it. Thanks for the info.!
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The second part of his response is certainly telling! So how confident would you be in trusting your kids to the "rental boat company" that the poster is referring to? It certainly appears this "rental boat company" isn't hiring experienced or licensed boat drivers.
It's just amazing to me that some folks are defending a system that allows people with no experience on the ocean, no experience on Winnipesaukee, no experience in the bathtub with a toy boat, no experience on water of any type to get a commercial boating license and take passengers for hire out on the water. If the state were to to change the regulation and require experience on the water then I wouldn't have any problem with the NH Commercial Boating License.