STATEWIDE — Several articles published in The Log in recent months harped on the existence of illegal charter or passenger-for-hire activities in local harbors and marinas. The evasion of regulations governing commercial use of passenger boats has led U.S. Coast Guard and local law enforcement officials to ramp up increased...
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There is a lot more that needs to be said about the requirements for legal charters, whether for six passengers or twelve, or more, particularly with respect to the licensing of the operator and wharfage agreements with marinas and port authorities. This is not a simple subject, and unfortunately there is a considerable amount of misinformation out there. Anyone considering putting a boat into charter needs to do considerable research to make sure it’s done legally and safely!
Please direct me to the rules and license requirements for bed and breakfast and charter services for my yacht.
No where do you mention you MUST have. Commercial Fishing Licence. CFL – Something I just learned the Very HARD way. Have marine captain license, for up to 90tons. insurance – everything coast guard requires. But no – we get boarded by F&G. On our FIRST 4 pack trip. They find we didn’t know we needed a CFL then F&G took us to jail and impounded my boat.
Pure extortion. No one ever mentioned CFL.
JAIL because you didn’t pay $170 for a CFL. WTF???
Other than the CFL. What do you need. Captains license insurance.. what else?