Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "You’re NOT Gonna Like This One! (More CRAZY Announcements...)" video.
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Sorry but you're totally wrong about sailing - there's no market, prices are tanking. Hate to break it to you but unless you're commercially qualified and the vessel is commercially licenced, you can't legally sail internationally. To hold and maintain a commercial qualification and licence you need to be working for someone in the maritime industry (i.e. not self employed) and have to do annual courses and assessments to remain qualified and to renew the licence.
The stupid ICC (International Certificate of Competence) that the EU, UN and most countries demand isn't possible to get if you have the 'wrong' nationality, if you're a national of a 'Res. 40' country you need that countries licence but can only get it if living there full time, and now the EU is bringing in a new 'EU-wide' licence that the UN has said will be required globally to sail internationally as a private individual. All this BS because they won't accept licences from non-EU countries unless they're commercial licences.
Actual experience, skill and government issued non-commercial licences mean nothing, its all bureaucracy, money and nationality that matter. Sadly the reason they're doing this is to stop people being able to travel internationally as they want you stuck in the country you're already in.
I've been trying to get around the whole ICC thing myself (so I can live aboard and sail internationally) but can't and I can't get an ICC due to nationality, even though I have actually learned to sail, have passed multiple assessments beyond whats needed for the ICC. I hold multiple countries marine licences (non-commercial). I have been told that the IPC is only accepted if the person is from the USA, and that the NauticEd SLC isn't accepted if you're an EU national (must have an EU licence).
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