Pleasure Craft Licence Renewal

Well if there aren't enough hoops and loops in life to jump through, here's another. Took a look earlier today, aha, PCL is expiring in Feb 22. Go to the website for renewal, name, rank, service number, shoe size, etc. Now they want a picture of an acceptable gov't issued id and a full side picture of the boat along with hull number and hull compliance tag number.

Wow
Last August for a "Renewal" I did not need a photo of the boat or picture ID


Are you sure you checked renewal?

Oh ya checked twice. I couldn't believe it either.

I hear ya

I thought the PCL was a lifetime thing but according to them it is renewable every ten years

Oh

I got mine 18 years ago and had to sit in a class. It does not have an expiry on it.

I wonder if it actually now expires.

Adam are you refering to the Pleasure Craft License or your Boater Card?

My daughter got her PCL this year and it expires.
Mine was issue a year after the program began and it never expires.
My understanding is the new ones do expire but the old ones were grandfathered in and never do.

Pleasure Craft License (PCL) is the boat license (the registration numbers on the hull of the boat).
PCL is valid for 10 years but there's some rumblings about reducing it to a 5 year period.

Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is the boater license, required for a person to operate a boat.
PCOC is valid for life.

Last summer I had done that, sent pictures and other info.

I think "the Lazinator' got it right.

The PCL (for hull registration / S.N.# with Transport Canada) is valid for 10 yrs, while the PCOC (license to operator a boat) is a lifetime ticket.

Cheers,

Pleasure Craft License (PCL) is the boat license (the registration numbers on the hull of the boat).
PCL is valid for 10 years but there's some rumblings about reducing it to a 5 year period.

Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is the boater license, required for a person to operate a boat.
PCOC is valid for life.

Thank you for the clarification, had no idea my hull numbers expire after 10 years.

Cheers

I didn’t know this either. Turns out I’m driving around more than a year overdue I guess.

Pleasure Craft License (PCL) is the boat license (the registration numbers on the hull of the boat).
PCL is valid for 10 years but there's some rumblings about reducing it to a 5 year period.

Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is the boater license, required for a person to operate a boat.
PCOC is valid for life.

Yes thank you I was referring to the PCOC.
My daughters PCOC she did this year does expire. Heads up to new PCOC card holders.

Pleasure Craft License (PCL) is the boat license (the registration numbers on the hull of the boat).
PCL is valid for 10 years but there's some rumblings about reducing it to a 5 year period.

Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is the boater license, required for a person to operate a boat.
PCOC is valid for life.

Yes thank you I was referring to the PCOC.
My daughters PCOC she did this year does expire. Heads up to new PCOC card holders.

Could you post a picture of the new card with all identifying info blacked out.