Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Penalty for non-certification?

New Hampshire Native · 07-26-2005, 01:18 PM

I just completed the online course with a 95%. The questions I missed, I misread (tricky sometimes). I am also taking the course at Lakes Region General Hospital in August. I have never driven a boat, never owned one. I wanted to do the safety training BEFORE doing either one. I plan on owning a boat by the end of summer. I have learned more from this forum than I could probably learn in either course, but I believe that the safety training should be mandatory like a driver's license for a car. When I was 15 and "practicing" for my car driver's license, I needed someone in the car at least 25 years old and had a driver's license already. But before I could drive the car on my own, I needed to have that license in my hand and completed all the training. I feel the same should apply to boats. From what I have read, most of the accidents and incidents (80%) happen with folks that have never been through the course. Sounds like logic to me.

07-26-2005, 01:18 PM	#28
New Hampshire Native Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Took the online...classroom next...no boat yet! I just completed the online course with a 95%. The questions I missed, I misread (tricky sometimes). I am also taking the course at Lakes Region General Hospital in August. I have never driven a boat, never owned one. I wanted to do the safety training BEFORE doing either one. I plan on owning a boat by the end of summer. I have learned more from this forum than I could probably learn in either course, but I believe that the safety training should be mandatory like a driver's license for a car. When I was 15 and "practicing" for my car driver's license, I needed someone in the car at least 25 years old and had a driver's license already. But before I could drive the car on my own, I needed to have that license in my hand and completed all the training. I feel the same should apply to boats. From what I have read, most of the accidents and incidents (80%) happen with folks that have never been through the course. Sounds like logic to me.