[Waterbaby]

Originally Posted by NonVoting Taxpayer

Woodsy
You are kidding I hope. Why should we who register our boats now in New Hampshire have to pay an additional fee on top of the registration fee we now pay. Didn't we just have to pay $25 to get our boating certificate, now you want us to pay more each year to put another decal on our boats to prove we have the certificate?
Enough is enough. You expect me to have to go and get a decal for my canoe or kayak? You don't even have to have a boating certificate to row a canoe, why get a decal saying the owner passed the test?
If this whole thing is about money, find a way to raise it.

In my husband's and my case, we just paid $50.00 to the State so that we both have our certificates. Do I really need mine? Nope. I think I've driven the boat(s) maybe two or three times in the last fifteen years. Did I want it? Yep. I figured I'd get it now, while we could still do the online course and test, rather than spending time I can't really afford to spend taking a "live" course and test. I do, however, like Woodsy's thought of having to show the SBC(s) to register the boat........ that way, the registration decal serves two purposes: we've legally registered the boat, and at least one of us has our SBC. In our case, both names are on the registration -- in cases like that, perhaps both/all listed owners need to have their SBC. (One more way for the State to make money, of course.) Personally, I don't want to clutter up the bow of my boat with any more stickers than necessary, so I would be dead set against any silly "SBC decal" on that basis alone.