Boaters certificate question

secondcurve · 04-11-2008, 08:58 PM

Listen to Skip. He does his homework.

What he is saying, I believe, is that if you choose to boat in NH using a boating certificate that was earned online from another state, after the NH cutoff, then you are opening yourself up to potential liability. For example, if you plow into another boat and kill someone and your license was earned yesterday, in the state of Maine, online, you're going to likely be sued in civil court. If you have lots of assets, you potentially could be exposed to a large judgement. The logic behind the case will be that you didn't comply with the legalities of NH law regarding boater safety and as a result you are liable for killing someone since you didn't bother to get the proper safety training.

04-11-2008, 08:58 PM	#9
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,117 Thanks: 1,329 Thanked 559 Times in 288 Posts	Listen to Skip. He does his homework. What he is saying, I believe, is that if you choose to boat in NH using a boating certificate that was earned online from another state, after the NH cutoff, then you are opening yourself up to potential liability. For example, if you plow into another boat and kill someone and your license was earned yesterday, in the state of Maine, online, you're going to likely be sued in civil court. If you have lots of assets, you potentially could be exposed to a large judgement. The logic behind the case will be that you didn't comply with the legalities of NH law regarding boater safety and as a result you are liable for killing someone since you didn't bother to get the proper safety training.