Coming Soon
The California Boater Card
California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is implementing the new California Boater Card (CBC) program this year. The CBC shows that its owner has successfully taken and passed a National Association of State Boating Law Administrators/State approved boating safety course. Not a license, the CBC is a lifetime card and no renewal process is required. Beginning January 1, 2018, operators aged 20 and under are required to carry a CBC while operating a motorized vessel on California waterways. The CBC requirement will continue to phase in by age through 2025, when all motorized boat operators, regardless of age, are required to have a card. The one-time fee for the CBC is $10.
To accommodate motorized boat operators who have already taken an approved boating safety course and passed an exam from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017, DBW will grandfather their earned certificates to be eligible for a new boater card. These boaters can use their prior certificate to apply for a CBC during 2018 only, the first year of the CBC’s implementation.
Regardless of age, boaters will be able to apply and pay for their CBC anytime. After January 1, 2018, boaters can get their CBC by; 1) Taking and passing an approved boating safety course, 2) Applying for the California Boater Card, 3) Carrying your card while boating.
Some powerboat operators and others are exempt from the CBC requirements. Boaters should visit www.CaliforniaBoaterCard.com for a list of the program exemptions.
11 comments:
Here we go. California is now going to get more money for the Gov. How about taking the course for free? Coast Guard auxiliary can do the testing for free. We live in the highest taxed state, with the most regulations, get real crazyfornia. WAIT !!, Crazyfornia has not required a stamp for crabbing. That is down the pike.
Fake news. California 6th overall tax burden. New York number one. Look it up
I've run into dozens of boaters that can barely get their boat into the water and start it successfully, much less operate it safely while on the water. None of them were under 20.
Outlaw
Seanote you should shut your pie hole... you lost all credibility on this forum with your false and slanderous accusations of poaching against a very successful and popular six boat captain...seanote!! Go away!! FYI you should probably go hide because I think that boat captains lawyer is trying to figure out who you are
I was not going to post on this forum but after reading that Willy removed sea notes comments and left dumb ass Andy's comment I thought I should let her know that sea note never accused Jeff of poaching (follow the thread Andy) and the threats of contacting a lawyer is just ignorant. To me Sea note was just trying to keep captains honest.
Debbie maybe you should reread it he said the man called out on the radio that he was limited out at 11 a.m. and kept fishing and c-note statement was he was fishing illegal he kept fishing I don't know what you call it and Debbie if you read it all it wasn't just me who felt his statements were out of line look at all the rest of the guys who called him out including willy
Now I understand how rumors start. You and the rest of "the guys" didn't really read the post you just jumped to conclusions plus I don't recall anybody ever wrote anything about calling out on the radio. The is the last post for me because people like you and "the guys" don't deserve my time.
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