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John A. Birdsall · 11-18-2006, 12:40 PM

Bigdog, while you have a USCG license, and I got one of them when I was 14, I suggest you and your grandson take the NH Safe Boating, as they will help teach the laws and rules of the road. their are some differences and those differences could cost some bucks. And of coarse just as soon as you think you got the laws down, they will change them.

When I was young, the rules were laid down by my father, but we had to read that rule book for the lake every year, and look for any changes. I am now over 60, I get a new book every year and read it from cover to cover.

The Marine Patrol has got me once, and this was this summer over the 150' rule, a good rule if everyone knows how to measure it. Marine Patrol think it is the length of 3 football fields. (I think that guy just made an error. flag down) Winter months is a great time for all of us to review our books.

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John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	license requirement Bigdog, while you have a USCG license, and I got one of them when I was 14, I suggest you and your grandson take the NH Safe Boating, as they will help teach the laws and rules of the road. their are some differences and those differences could cost some bucks. And of coarse just as soon as you think you got the laws down, they will change them. When I was young, the rules were laid down by my father, but we had to read that rule book for the lake every year, and look for any changes. I am now over 60, I get a new book every year and read it from cover to cover. The Marine Patrol has got me once, and this was this summer over the 150' rule, a good rule if everyone knows how to measure it. Marine Patrol think it is the length of 3 football fields. (I think that guy just made an error. flag down) Winter months is a great time for all of us to review our books.