sorry, torn calf has kept me off the bike and away from here for a bit.
What do you want to know?
The online piece was easy, but you have to sit through each slide/video, cant just jump ahead. There is literally a timer on each one that tells you when you can advance to the next one. There is apparently a requirement for the instruction to take ate least some minimum amount of time, so this is how they do it. It's not bad though. I did a good chunk of it sitting poolside with the family. A lot of it is just common sense and rough to sit through, but stuff like channel markers, right of ways etc was all new to me. If there was no time requirement, I could pull what I need from the material for the test in an hour or less.
I did the in-person test in Bridge water. but they seem to have locations throughout the state. It was a little clumsy doing it in the car, but pretty well organized. They email you videos outlining what to expect, as long as you watch them and read the emails, it's pretty idiot proof. Trust me I can test idiot proof haha.
The test itself was quite easy, I actually got 100%. I overheard the guy in front of me only missed one question. A handful of specific questions on markers, buoys, parts of a boat, jet skis, and rights of way etc, but then a good bit of common sense questions, some even ridiculous laugh out loud stuff as well that you simply cant get wrong.
The whole thing seems silly for my situation since I am really just planning on piloting either a 10' mini bass boat and/or a canoe sporting a 3hp outboard or trolling motor, but requirements are what they are.
