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imo

New member
Can someone clarify:  a minimum of a cat E sert is required to launch a jetski at sea.  i have a cat C skippers ticket, does this mean that i can take the jetski 15 nautical miles out to sea.  i hope the above is correct
 
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Poensie

Member
Hi IMO,

The furthest you would be able to take out your ski, would be under cat D which is 5NM for single motor. Depending on what you want to catch I think that is sufficient! But to answer your question, it is really how far you can go out with a single engine.

Poensie 
 
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neilg

Sealiner
Lots of people are "caught" by this issue

You have a CAT C skippers licence, which allows YOU to go 15nm into the sea (daylight hours only).

Your vessel can only get up to a CAT D certification because it only has 1 motor.

Therefore the limitation is set by your vessel and when you are on it you are only "allowed" up to 10km (5nm) into the sea.

With such a "small" craft 10km IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. 10km is flippen far into the DEEP BLUE SEA on such a "small" vessel.

There is even more to it, are you certified for "surf launching" on your skippers licence ? If launching from a river or the beach you need it (for insurance purposes aswell), and even further, check how far you are allowed from a "safe launching site", I don't mean how deep you can go into the sea, I mean you are not allowed say more than 15nm in ANY direction from a safe launching site ( I can't remember how far so check)
 
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