Hey guys
American mariner enrolling in workboat academy but have been working outside US for 2 years, have around 500 sea days and a MCA(British) 200 ton master of yachts offshore, about to turn in paperwork for for MMC what are chances they will give me 200 ton USCG license
cheers
You need a license consultant. Search on gcaptain and or google for USCG license consultants
IMHO, the USCG will accept your foreign seatime, but they will will not give you any reciprocity for an MCA yacht license
[QUOTE=Andrew Beasley;132185] 2 years, have around 500 sea days [/QUOTE]
That has to be the world’s record for sea time on a yacht.
Sorry, I was not specific about half the sea time came from commercial fishing before, and seriously they will not approve a commercially endorsed MCA license, same exam material even have to take a week long practical and I have the required sea days. Love it
First off you don’t come close to the seatime required for the USCG license. Second, whats the big deal, its not like we’re talking months of classes, STCW, and exams…just a few quick ones and maybe a 5 module exam not nearly as comprehensive as an upper level license.
The below tonnage requirements [I]may[/I] have changed with the latest changes…would have to look it up.
MASTER 200 46 CFR
[B]720 total days of service[/B] on Ocean or Near Coastal waters, OF WHICH: 11.426
Service on Great Lakes & Inland waters MAY substitute for up to 360 days of the required
service, AND
360 days MUST have been as a master, mate, or equivalent supervisory position while holding
an endorsement as master, as mate, or as operator of uninspected passenger vessels;
200 GRT – 180 days of service on vessels of 151 GRT or above, OR
360 days of service on vessels over 101 GRT
you can get a 200-ton MCA license with only 50 days!
[ol]
[li][B]Minimum seatime[/B] - Candidates must have logged at least 50 days, 5 days as skipper, 2,500 nautical miles, including at least 5 passages over 60 nautical miles acting as skipper for at least two of these passages and two should involve overnight passages. Half the qualifying seatime must have been conducted in tidal waters, and all qualifying seatime must be within 10 years prior to the exam.[/li][/ol]
…and the best part is…[I]The Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence can subject to a medical fitness test [B]be given a standard commercial endorsement that allows the holder to work as a Master on board British flagged vessels subject to the MCA’s codes of practice for small commercial vessels of up to 200gt in category 1 to 6 waters - that is up to 150 miles from a safe haven, or Master Category 5 operating up to 200 nautical miles offshore, depending upon country.
[/B][/I]
and our licensing system is lax?[I][/I]
[QUOTE=z-drive;132237]First off you don’t come close to the seatime required for the USCG license. Second, whats the big deal, its not like we’re talking months of classes, STCW, and exams…just a few quick ones and maybe a 5 module exam not nearly as comprehensive as an upper level license.
The below tonnage requirements [I]may[/I] have changed with the latest changes…would have to look it up.
MASTER 200 46 CFR
[B]720 total days of service[/B] on Ocean or Near Coastal waters, OF WHICH: 11.426
Service on Great Lakes & Inland waters MAY substitute for up to 360 days of the required
service, AND
360 days MUST have been as a master, mate, or equivalent supervisory position while holding
an endorsement as master, as mate, or as operator of uninspected passenger vessels;
200 GRT – 180 days of service on vessels of 151 GRT or above, OR
360 days of service on vessels over 101 GRT
you can get a 200-ton MCA license with only 50 days!
[ol]
[li][B]Minimum seatime[/B] - Candidates must have logged at least 50 days, 5 days as skipper, 2,500 nautical miles, including at least 5 passages over 60 nautical miles acting as skipper for at least two of these passages and two should involve overnight passages. Half the qualifying seatime must have been conducted in tidal waters, and all qualifying seatime must be within 10 years prior to the exam.[/li][/ol]
…and the best part is…[I]The Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence can subject to a medical fitness test [B]be given a standard commercial endorsement that allows the holder to work as a Master on board British flagged vessels subject to the MCA’s codes of practice for small commercial vessels of up to 200gt in category 1 to 6 waters - that is up to 150 miles from a safe haven, or Master Category 5 operating up to 200 nautical miles offshore, depending upon country.
[/B][/I]
and our licensing system is lax?[I][/I][/QUOTE]
The MCA does issue yacht licenses with very little seatime. Another thing to remember is that 200 GT I.T.C. Is only equivalent to about 40 GRT in the US. A 200 GT MCA yacht license is not worthy of much respect.
[QUOTE=Steamer;132222]That has to be the world’s record for sea time on a yacht.[/QUOTE]
I highly doubt it’s a record. Yachties get home much less than commercial guys IMHO and personal experience. I have just submitted 398 days (274 seaward of boundary line) in 17 months on a 245 ton yacht traveling as a support vessel for a sport fisher. I was the Captain of the sport fisher for 8 1/2 years prior to moving to the yacht and got home ~ off the vessel ~ an average of 2 months a year, with stints often 8 months or more.
just another divorced boat captain 