IF I were to have a master mariners certificate, and a pilots license…. Would this be legal? Asking for a fiend…. 
Oh, but bridges don’t like Maule’s…
This must be legal right?
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With the significant caveat that I am neither float-plane rated, nor a master mariner, based on what little I have read on the subject:
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A floatplane certificate entitles you to navigate the floatplane on the waters under the control and supervision of the US. I do not know if it allows you to just “cruise” around.
- There may be restrictions based on location. I would suggest consulting the relevant aeronautical and navigation charts for that body of water.
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Local jurisdiction’s might have different rules for float-planes on local waterways, canals and/or lakes that they administer.
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A Master Mariner’s certificate allows the holder of that certificate to navigate vessels of a specific tonnage, type and size on specified oceans, bays, and other estuaries navigable by larger passenger or freight ships, depending on the certificate’s restrictions, if any.
- Note that an “Any Ocean, Any Tonnage” certificate eliminates many restrictions, but the vessel’s master is still obligated to confirm to laws and treaties governing the high seas as well as local laws and ordinances applicable to such vessels.
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