{"id":751,"date":"2010-06-13T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=751"},"modified":"2010-06-20T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T23:03:55","slug":"getting-your-pleasure-craft-operator-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/getting-your-pleasure-craft-operator-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting your Pleasure Craft Operator Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-752\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/getting-your-pleasure-craft-operator-card\/pcoc-holder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PCOC-holder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"I&amp;#8217;ve got my card, do you?\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Look who has his Pleasure Craft Operator Card!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PCOC-holder.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-752 \" title=\"I've got my card, do you have yours?\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PCOC-holder-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Boy running outboard motor\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PCOC-holder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PCOC-holder.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look who has his Pleasure Craft Operator Card!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We moved to the South Shore of Nova Scotia for the sailing, essentially. Lots of folks here have boats.  There are kayaks, runabouts, sleek motor cruisers built for speed, a few &#8220;trawlers&#8221; (non-planing motor cruisers), fishing boats converted into pleasure boats, &#8220;personal watercraft&#8221; (sea-doos), small and medium-sized sailboats of all vintages, some wooden, and more (if I left your kind of boat out, no offense; just leave a comment below).  No mega yachts to speak of; when you do see one of those, it&#8217;s probably &#8220;from away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even if your boat is just a runabout with an outboard, and even if you&#8217;ve been running about with it since God was a boy, since September 2009, if it has a motor, you&#8217;ll need your Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) to run about with it in the future &#8211; in Canada, that is.<\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s a bit of a rush on to get the card.  Courses are popping up here and there, and presumably they&#8217;re being filled by those who&#8217;ve been putting it off all these years.<\/p>\n<p>Courses are offered by various groups, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cps-ecp.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS),<\/a> where I got mine in 2003 as part of their more in-depth Boating Course. CPS now offers a standalone Boat Pro course which is geared towards the PCOC exam.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-757\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/getting-your-pleasure-craft-operator-card\/100_8699\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,301\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK Z730 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1248690889&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Converted fishing boat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Converted fishing boat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757\" title=\"Converted fishing boat\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"Converted fishing boat\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/100_8699.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Converted fishing boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My husband, a lifelong sailor, and our 9\u00bd-year-old son recently took a 2-evening course with local instructor Michael Ernst.  Ernst uses the curriculum developed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesaving.ca\/main.php?lang=english&amp;cat=programs&amp;sub=boat\" target=\"_blank\">Lifesaving Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a course with a group of people and a teacher who knows what he or she is talking about is actually fun.  It allows you to ask questions and learn from other people&#8217;s experiences.\u00a0 There are also online courses available, or you can study the materials on your own and write the standardized exam online with a proctor. Exam challenges are also held at boat shows around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Course prices vary from $30 to $85 or more, depending on venue costs and what the instructor charges. Some teachers, such as the CPS instructors, offer the course voluntarily, as part of that organization&#8217;s long-standing interest in promoting safe boating through education.  For other providers, including the online courses, it&#8217;s obviously a business. Some of these providers are probably showing up in the Google ads on this page, above left.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud of our new young cardholder!\u00a0 The card is good for life, so he has lots of time to benefit from getting it now.\u00a0 It serves as a great base for developing his boating knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We moved to the South Shore of Nova Scotia for the sailing, essentially. Lots of folks here have boats. 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