I met the sea time requirements for a Captains license about five years ago. I considered getting a license because I wanted to teach sailing in Newport Beach, Ca where we lived at the time. But the more I looked into it the less I liked it.

These may be apocryphal BS stories, but I read that if you are a guest on another persons boat and something happens bad- say a guest is injured, if you have a captains license you can be considered liable along with the owner/captain. And if you are the owner/captain, you are held to a higher standard by juries if anything goes wrong if you have a captains license.

I decided not to do it.

David