Q. What if I don’t live in Canada, but boat there?Thus, J can drive the boat without a licence. :P
A. Non-residents only need to obtain a Pleasure Craft Operator Card to operate a powered watercraft if any of the following conditions apply to them:
• They are in Canada for more than 45 consecutive days
• They own property in Canada
• They have a watercraft that is registered in Canada
• They have a foreign registered watercraft that is left in Canada for more than 45 consecutive days
However, if a non-resident has a safe boating certificate or equivalent from their country of residence, then this certificate will act as proof of competency, and may be used instead of the PCOC card.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Silly Loophole
J and I are heading to the lake this weekend. I don't have my boating licence yet. (They brought in this regulation while I was down in the US, and I haven't gotten around to getting one yet.) My family's cabin can only be reached by boat. We're heading up two days before my mom and B. It turns out there's a loophole:
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Turns out our boats are 14 and 16 feet long, so yeah, I get to wait until 2009 too. :) (But I think I'll get it before then, just to get it out of the way.)
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