If your drivers license is CA, they consider you a CA operator regardless of where the boat is registered.
Or so im told . . . I haven't registered for ze card
I rented to Canadian snowbirds once.
They rearranged all my furniture, moved the upstairs sofa downstairs, and left a Christmas Tree setup in the front yard.
But they also waxed the Jet Ski in the garage cause they were bored one day.
Took less time to put the furniture back than to wax the...
Well, a single jet ski can kill somebody, - a guy lost his life in Bullhead a few years ago being struck by a rental operator on a PWC , while he was just sitting on his swimstep with his family floating down river.
If you really want to find out where the biggest risks lie statistically...
I know, Im being facetious, because the CA only card is ridiculous. I get why it isn't required for sanctioned racing events.
On another front - what is your take on CA's position that this card is not required to rent and operate a rental boat / PWC on CA waterways, around other boaters...