Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Hire someone to pull a tuber Date:   7/16/2018 9:47:04 AM

In Alabama you only need a boaters license if you operate a boat for more than 45 days in a year.  So that may be the angle but it surely wouldn't apply to a weekender.  Even if you spend every weekend at the lake in the summer you won't get to 45 days (that would be 22.5 weeks or almost half the year assuming you are there every single weekend and operate the boat both days).  And for out of staters it is a pain to get the actual license (at least in Tallapoosa county).  Much easier for residents as it can be an endorsement on their drivers license.  I had this debate with the marine police when they asked me for my boaters license.  I told them I wasn't required to have one as I operated a boat less than 45 days per year.  He said that was debatable and I very politely told him I have taken and passed the Alabama boaters course and it is very clear in the statute.  He didn't press it any further and I confirmed that when I got back to the house.