I tried in vain to find any Industry Canada reference to licensing in the owner's name instead of the vessel. So I decided to call IC Regional Office directly. What followed was a rather amusing phone conversation with a very pleasant IC staff person, trying hard to be of assistance. I explained that I was a kayaker with a Restricted Operator's Certificate, enquiring about licensing requirements. "Don't worry, you don't need a license for a kayak" "Ummm....Well you see, I want to be able to land in US ports, and the regs imply that I need a license" "What?? You want to paddle a kayak across Lake Ontario ?!?!?" (I hadn't mentioned anything about Lake Ontario, but from the tone of her voice, it was obvious she thought a paddle across Lake Ontario would be as foolish an endeavor as paddling over Niagara Falls) "Not necessarily.... I might just want to paddle over to Port Huron or to Marine City. And the rules seem to suggest I need a license if I'm going to land, or if I'm going to communicate with the US Coast Guard" "Can you please hang on a minute?" (Prolonged pause, while she speaks to her supervisor) "Yes you are correct. You DO need a license!" "OK, so here's my problem. The License application needs the name and registration info of the vessel. What if I have a couple of kayaks, and I just want to be able to take my marine vhf handheld on whatever kayak I want? Is it possible for me just to get the license in my name ??" After some discussion about the absurdity of the whole thing, we concluded that I could complete the license application using a sufficiently generic vessel name that it would apply to any small craft. Since we have no Registration requirements for kayaks, I can leave the Registry Info blank. (Hopefully we won't ever get into the obligatory vessel registration quagmire!) A couple of points to note, if anyone decides to obtain a license: - The annual fee is $36. You're initial fee will depend on the month when you apply, based on IC's Mar. 31 Year End. (eg if I apply in December, it's $26 to take you to Apr 1/07.) - If you already posess an MMSI, let them know on the license application, because they will need to update your MMSI info to include your call sign. John in LondonOn ================================= Michael Daly wrote: > Michel Charlebois wrote: > >> Could you provide me the web link to the IC documents stating that a >> hand >> held VHF can be license in the name of the owner rather than the name >> of the >> vessel. > > > Sorry, now I can't find it. I went through a lot of documents quickly > yesterday and noted the item but didn't keep the link, otherwise I > would have included it in the previous post. It was more by luck than > design that I found it the first time. > > Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 21 2006 - 15:38:32 PST
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