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Originally Posted by dumbboys  Did you know that the second any money changes hands, even for fuel (even if you just buy the fuel for them), it's considered a charter? That's right! You'd better have a 6-pack license (minimum) and charter insurance as well as the appropriate Coast Guard approved safety gear for a commercial vessel.
If you're going out fishing and decide to invite a friend or two, who'd buy the fuel if they didn't go? Would you not go fishing? I'm not saying it's not cool to offer, but it's pretty presumptuous to expect your guests to pay for your fuel. |
That's why I said it's not really expected, but to some degree is.
I offer to pay out of courtesy, whether the CG considers it a "charter" or not. I was always taught to help cover gas costs. So I do, whether it's someone I've never met before or my best friends.
I'll be perfectly honest, especially if it was someone I met through these boards that I took fishing and had never met before, if they didn't at least offer some cash at the end of the day I'd be a little ticked off about it.
They wouldn't know I was ticked and I would chalk it up to the fact they just didn't know that it's common courtesy. No big deal.
But for sure some boat owners would definitely remember it for the future. I can guarantee that's the case because I hear it in the shop fairly often. Avoiding NOT getting invited to go out again is the point of the thread.
