skippers license

[cranky]

friday the 13 th bought me good news...

 

after a 3 year battle i finally got confirmation and a copy of my brand new skippers license emailed to me today

literally hundreds of emails...complaining...threats of legal action...etc etc

after realising that no matter how much i jumped up and down my documents were gone disapeared somewhere in the system...so i decided to take their advice and redo the entire process and send it in...which i did a couple of weeks ago...was about to start the checking process again to find out who had the documentation...so i could follow it thru this time...but instead i opened my emails this morning and there was the pdf of my brand new skippers.

thanks to all the ladies who made it happen so quickly this time...i do realise you went out of your way to make it happen..and my apologies for my bad language...threats and jamming up your email boxes with all the emails.

some advice to those who have waited a long time...check that your documents havent gone missing...and just redo the proccess it will save you a lot of frustration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cranky]

at least one good thing came of the long wait...i just collected my skippers today...and its has a little more than i expected...looks like i am not gona need my fishing ski any longer

 

[swarley81]

Hi Cranky,

What is needed to do a skippers licence for the first time? Is it like a driving licence? You do it once and then just renew it every couple of years? Also, can I do a skippers in Jhb and is it valid then for the sea (1 nautical mile) as well?

Any advice will be appreciated.

 

[r2d2c3po]

swarley81 wrote:

Hi Cranky,

What is needed to do a skippers licence for the first time? Is it like a driving licence? You do it once and then just renew it every couple of years? Also, can I do a skippers in Jhb and is it valid then for the sea (1 nautical mile) as well?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Yes you can do a Catagory E like I did it in JHB. The only problem with that is that you will not be able to surf launch, but only allowed to launch from a designated launch site. If you want to do surf launching you will need to do separate accreditation for that.

As far as I know the Catagory E will fall away soon. Give Boatyard / Leisure Marine a call. They are in Midrand. I definitely recommend them.