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I have been reading a lot lately about a hired captain who ran a sailboat into the rocks at the entrance to Turtle Bay in Mexico in early November. The reports and statements by people who seem to know the facts indicate that this was a clear case of human-error...
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I wonder if these types of scenarios come into play when a mariner renews their credential. This captain was not acting under the authority of his license (it was not expressly required to run this private yacht), but does the USCG ever consider maritime incidents as part of safety & suitability part of the credential evaluation? If so, when? When property damage reaches a certain level? When there’s a fatality? I’ve asked reps at the National Maritime Center, attorneys, harbor masters with law enforcement backgrounds .. and get a variety of answers (even from various people who answer the phone at NMC .. although they also acknowledge they cannot speak for an evaluator, as they also judge other factors … drug test, national driver registry, etc.)