USCG OUPV 6 Pack, Master Less Than 100 Ton, Towing & Sail Endorsement and Other Training in Portsmouth, RI
Located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay Maritime Training is a US Coast Guard approved training facility and has designed these courses on years of knowledge at being at sea. Licenses are required in order to legally carry passengers for hire.
This includes charters for fishing, sightseeing, diving, transportation, teaching or any use which is considered a passenger for hire situation. Many companies require them for boat deliveries as well.
They also back the training by offering to the student free refresher training on the courses they sign up for and pass. This means that if you pass the OUPV, You can come back and sit in on future classes to refresh your memory.
The instructor has over 20 years’ experience is various industries such as Lobster boats, Fishing Boats and Tugboats and holds 1600 Ton Masters of Oceans license, Second Mate Unlimited and Master of Towing Vessels upon Oceans licenses.
Training Programs
USCG Captains Licenses
- OUPV Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (Commonly referred to as a 6-Pack License) - 56 hours): For the purpose of the OUPV endorsement, an uninspected passenger vessel is a vessel of less than 100 GRT (about 65 feet) carrying six or fewer passengers for hire. It is quite popular and can be endorsed with Master’s Upgrades rated by tonnage of 25 Gross Tons, 50 GT, or 100 GT increments. The Master’s upgrade allows the holder to operate inspected vessels as well as uninspected ones. The total number of passengers is limited to six or fewer. Non-U.S. citizens may be restricted to undocumented vessels with a 5 net ton limit.
- 100 Ton Master: With a Master license you may operate inspected/commercial vessels and also take more than six paying passengers. Masters License allows you to perform the duties of an OUPV/Charter Boat Captain and also operate Inspected Passenger Vessels.
- Upgrade to Master 100 Gross Tons (24 hours): This course is for upgrading an existing OUPV License (6-Pack) to a 25-ton, 50-ton or 100-ton Masters License. It can also be taken in conjunction with the OUPV course to apply for the Masters License.
OUPV/Master Endorsements
- Commercial Assistance Towing (4 hours): Any USCG OUPV (6-pack) or Master licensed captain up to 200 tons, who wishes to assist disabled vessels for a fee must have a Commercial Assistance Towing Endorsement added to his or her license.
- Auxiliary Sail Endorsement for Master / Mate 100 Gross Tons (4 hours): Participants successfully completing this training course will be capable of undertaking all of the responsibilities expected of an officer of the watch within their field of expertise. Students will know the responsibility and understand the importance factor of the safety aspect sailing and the responsibilities it carries the principal aim is to develop individual trainer attributes.
Other Courses
- Basic First Aid, CPR and AED Training: The First Aid CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. Skills covered in this course include first aid; choking relief in adults, children, and infants; and what to do for sudden cardiac arrest in adults, children, and infants.
- Rules of the Road Refresher: Participants successfully completing the refresher course for Navigational Rules of the Road will be capable of undertaking all of the responsibilities expected of a watch officer within their field of expertise. Students will know the responsibility and understand the importance factor of the safety aspect of being the Watch officer of the vessel they are on. The principal aim is to develop individual trainer attributes.
LAST UPDATED ON Sep 10, 2022
