I am considering the purchase of a foreign-built yacht that I would like to operate as a charter yacht in California. The boat is now U.S.-flagged with a MARAD waiver to allow it to operate in U.S. waters as a “six-pack” charter vessel. I have an MCA 200-ton Master of...
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I am currently in the process of obtaining a Captain’s position on board a US flagged vessel of 130 feet. The license I have is a MCA Master 3000 ton , however the boat will not charter while in US waters. From what I understand it is fine to operate as master as long as no chartering takes place in US waters including of course USVI’s. It will however charter in the Caribbean and Bahamas. Is this the case or will i need a USCG license in order to operate as Master in command?