Online AIS cert FYI

[MrShane]

But "or other raw water systems" might apply to live wells, no?

The new law includes a new definition of a ‘complex system’ (that is the definition by the State for boats with ballast tanks but it also includes boats with ‘bilges and livewells’ in the category of ‘complex systems’ which has a 30 day drain and dry requirement.

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Curt,
Not sure if I screwed up or not?
I read the note ‘If you registered your boat before July 1, you do not need to pay $20 for sticker’, so I went ahead and took test and paid $20 bucks, since my registration is in Sep.
Then it dawned on me, did the State mean 1st time registration or pre-registered boats?
I am actually more worried about 30 day summer dry time for “complex” boats that have bilges and livewells. At times Powell can be a joke to get de-conned and sometimes wait at Hanksville is way long. So I could come home and ‘drain ‘n dry’ for 7 days and be good. My boat has a livewell, by definition I am now required to ‘drain ‘n dry’ 30 days.
I’m mostly just grateful I get to help SUP boiz and gals and their kayaker buddies get a free ride on our waterways while all of us with engines pay for their enjoyment.

If you did it before July, there was no reason to pay the $20, not sure why they would even ask you to pay before July. I did mine in June and did not pay any extra AIS fee.
Doesn't the 30 day dry period only pertain to those that go to Powell? When did that change, I thought the 30 dry period was only during the Winter. Not only that but can't they just put a tag on your boat and just come up to the many clean stations in Northern Utah? Don't most boats have livewells or is your boat more complicated than that? Sounds like there will be a lot of changes I need to figure out before next year when I take the new AIS test.

My boat is not unlike yours:
I have a bilge and two livewells but no ballast system.
The new AIS test parameter states if you have a bilge, ballast tank, livewell, live water washdown system, etc you are now classified as a ‘complex system’ boat and must drain and dry for 30 days after leaving Powell, Mead, Havasu, etc (infested waters).
You used to be able to leave Powell in a boat like ours in July, and when de-con station is broke down or not staffed you could follow 7 day d ‘n d period and go fishing in 8 days (which most guys would do and go the following week plus one day.

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It Looks like the live wells are not part of the mandatory 30 day dry time.


If your boat has ballast tanks, an inboard motor or other raw water systems (A/C, shower), the required dry time is [b]always 30 days[/b].

If your watercraft does not have any of the above systems, the dry times are:

• Summer: 7 days in June–August
  
  
• Fall: 18 days in September–November
  
  
• Winter: 30 days in December–February
  
  
• Spring: 18 days in March–May
  

I wish you were right but this is the new rule that we all have to agree to in order to get yearly certification.

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But "or other raw water systems" might apply to live wells, no?

If your boat is equipped with a ‘lake water’ wash down hose/pump then you would fall in to the ‘complex system’ rule for having a ’raw water system’.