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Unit 1 · Decide and practise

Your licence and the law

Start here: who can drive, how to get licensed, and what to check before you borrow, buy or hire a boat in NSW.

Exercise: Build your licence plan

You are an adult preparing for a general boat licence. Work through the trip record, test result and application.

Step by step

  1. Using the logbook route, what is the minimum number of practical trips?

    Show the solution

    At least 3 trips with an eligible experienced skipper, in a powered vessel operating under power, excluding PWC (Handbook p. 14).

  2. Your result is A: 28/30 and B: 19/20. What happens?

    Show the solution

    Both section requirements apply. A high A score cannot make up for a wrong answer in B.

  3. Put these milestones in a sensible order. Practical experience and the test can be completed in either order before applying.

    1. 1Drive at 10 knots or more only once you hold the appropriate licence
    2. 2Prepare with handbook study and practical learning
    3. 3Pass the test and collect the required practical and identity evidence
    4. 4Apply to Service NSW within the applicable 12-month windows
    Show the solution

    Study and practical learning prepare you for licensing. Passing the test alone does not authorise driving at 10 knots or more.

Now on your own

Now your adult friend wants to borrow a runabout and later try a PWC. Decide without the hints.

  1. Your friend has no boat licence. You have one and sit beside them. May they drive the runabout at 12 knots in NSW?

  2. They later pass with A: 24/30 and B: 20/20. Have they met both knowledge-test pass requirements?

  3. After passing the knowledge test, within how many months must they apply for the licence?

  4. They now hold only a general boat licence. Can they drive a PWC slowly?