I was going to the local Canadian Tire store yesterday to get a couple things for around the house when I saw in the parking lot a tent set up and they weren't selling hotdogs....no...the sign read challange the boating exam free (only pay if you pass).
So I thought to myself.......what have I got to lose?....did the exam and found that just using common sense is all you really need to be able to get yourself a boating licence. I had little knowlege of what all the rules of the meaning of stand-on vessel and give way vessel were. I know a lot of people protesting the boaters licencing program because they dont want to be bothered with having to proove they actualy know how to safely opperate a watercraft. After completing and passing the test (with out any studying), I found the test fairly simple and encourage anyone that is thinking of getting the boaters licence, to just go ahead and get it, it was EASY.
Now all I need is a boat