Sailing & Commercial Assistance Towing Endorsements
These endorsements are optional and offered as standalone courses:
Tuition $ 125 or $200 for both
Registration will be open during regular Master's Class
(or contact send us an email at: office@usmaritime.us)
A Commercial Assistance Towing endorsement may be added to both your OUPV and Masters License and allows you to work for assistance towing companies like Tow Boat US. In order to charge for assistance towing, the Operator must have this endorsement. You can also charge a person's insurance company for a tow in even if you are not a regular towing company. This is not applicable to tug boat towing which is another license upgrade.
Winter/Spring 2027
Date TBD (typically 1 week after the end of the Captain Class)
This is not a separate License, rather an endorsement which added to your license at the time of issuance. Sailing endorsements requires a minimum of 180 days sea time on sailing vessels. The Sailing Endorsement applies to your Master License and allows you to take out an Inspected Sailboat with as many passengers as it is certified to hold. Only Masters with the Sailing endorsement can captain an Inspected Sailing vessel. It does not apply to OUPV sailing vessels.
Winter/Spring 2027
Date TBD (typically 1 week after the end of the Captain Class)