# Nautical insitute question

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [October 14, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699 "2012-10-14T06:17:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Captnstabn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Captnstabn](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Captnstabn)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699/1 "2012-10-14T06:17:36Z")

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I have a unlicensed shipmate with a completed DP log prior to the cut off date. We are currently serving on a unclassed D - 3 Heavylift vessel. My question is will the nautical Institute honor his sea time if the vessel is not classed ?

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**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699/2 "2012-10-14T06:28:01Z")

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No. The vessel must be class 1,2, or 3. The NI maintains a database of classed vessels. If the boat is not in that database, the time does not count.

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**Author:** ![Jemplayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jemplayer/32/523_2.png) [@Jemplayer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jemplayer)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699/3 "2012-10-14T08:51:50Z")

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I thought you could get a limited even if was unclassed? Is this no longer true with the new rules?

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**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699/4 "2012-10-14T17:29:05Z")

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Can not get anything on an unclassed vessel. Dp1=limited; Dp2 or 3=unlimited. Classed and certified.

I wasted years on a vessel equipped as a DP 1 but the company didn’t want the hassle of dealing with ABS certification so zero time for those years.

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**Author:** ![AHTS\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ahts_master/32/117_2.png) [@AHTS\_Master](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/AHTS_Master)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nautical-insitute-question/8699/5 "2012-10-14T20:36:00Z")

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I got my limited on a DP-0 vessel back in 2001.