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Why are you going to college? You should be getting experience in the field you have chosen to major in. I don't think they give B.A.'s out for running a charter boat. Good Luck
contact a charter capts assction in your area / contact seashool or other school before your look for a captains job you need your license . and before that lots of sea time contact sea school or other marine school for more info p.s. this is not the way to get rich
Just like looking for any other job, walk around the docks and shake hands and talk to Capt's. I am sure sooner or later one will let you "help" and it should take off from there.
Most of the Capt's & Mate's I have talked with got their start by working for free/tips and went from there
Good luck.
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Just like looking for any other job, walk around the docks and shake hands and talk to Capt's. I am sure sooner or later one will let you "help" and it should take off from there.
Most of the Capt's & Mate's I have talked with got their start by working for free/tips and went from there
Before you can get your capt. license, you have to put in plenty of hours on the water.Beat the docks & see if you can get on as a mate for a few years to get the experience and sea time. Then someone might let you run a boat. Most mates will tell you that you have to pay your dues first.
Whatever you do go ahead and finish college first. Work as a mate during the summer and get to know everyone on the docks. Talk with everyone but do not become one of those loudmouth roughnecks... there is always one of those young guys around every marina that everyone gets sick of. Talk to the guys who have a lot of experience, be respectful, offer to help out, get as much time on the water as you can, and you will have plenty of job opportunities over time. Again, make sure that you finish college before you do this full-time. You can't run boats forever.... Good luck.
"Whatever you do go ahead and finish college first."
Get a job on an offshore supply boat, plenty of sea time, good companies will send you to get a license, operating a big boat will only help you operate a smaller one.
after college i plan on becoming a fishing captain either in miami/keys area or oc maryland/outer banks and run a boat for someone.
Interesting. The whole reason I went back to college was to no longer run charters and other people's boats. Not trying to steer you away from it but if you are going into it because you love to fish (the reason I did), then you will quickly become disillusioned. Alot of very long days. I enjoyed it for the most part and am glad I did it. When my son was born I decided I wanted to be at home alot more than I could be going out of town for tournaments, tuna on the lumps, etc. Glad that you are finishing school 1st. It really is a very cool job for a young single guy. I wish you good luck with all your plans.
Go to the Coast Guard and get a Z-Card, your OS endorsement is really easy to get, you dont need STCW, and it will give you a chance to get your foot in the door on commercial boat jobs, that the fastest, easiest way to get seatime and make much better money than a green deck hand at the local marinas. If your anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico, they are ALWAYS looking for someone to throw lines on deck. I worked on Harbor Tugs while in college, and made really good money for a college kid, but then again I majored in Marine Transportation, so its what I wanted to do anyway.
Dont let ANYONE tell you to skip the college for a CG license.....if your in it now, stay in and get that Z-card for summer time work, you can find an OS (Ordinary Seamen) w/o any worries, + you'll get time on bigger boats which = bigger license (100T +)
how do you go about finding someone who needs someone to captain their boats.
The one thing I am surprised no one mentioned is your reputation. Work on a few boats and make a name for your self. Build a solid reputation for yourself and the jobs/people needing a Captain will find you - not the other way around.
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Re: Becoming a captain
Get an education that will allow you to work when you get older or you get tired of working on a boat . . . you need a main plan and a backup plan in life
I also think getting CPR and first aid training will show you are serious.
How are your knot tying, bait rigging and other boatmanship skills . . . don't BS the captain . . . he will know within 60 minutes
How are you at dealing with sick clients, drunks and kids whose parent's think that you are their baby sitter?
Seaveyor - 3/30/2006 6:15 PM Why are you going to college? You should be getting experience in the field you have chosen to major in. I don't think they give B.A.'s out for running a charter boat. Good Luck
He could be in grad school working towards his Masters in Baiting degree.
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You can also consider going into the Coast Guard or go to work for NOAA. Both will pay you to get all your licenses, z cards and experience and pay for your college education. Currently NOAA is looking for interns. You can go to school, work when you can and get paid. I've got a nephew doing this and he is in heaven!
how do you go about finding someone who needs someone to captain their boats.
The one thing I am surprised no one mentioned is your reputation. Work on a few boats and make a name for your self. Build a solid reputation for yourself and the jobs/people needing a Captain will find you - not the other way around.
The best way to get a good captains job is to be great mate. Like RI Builder said they will find you.
And like Capt. Dano said it's great job if your young and single. Good luck.
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