The Coast Guard Auxilary used to offer a small craft certification class.
When I took it in Ohio it was several hours once a week for several weeks.
It was a fantastic class with practical stuff like how to tie knots and do
marlin spike. There were whol classes dedicated to reading the weather, and
of course all the regulatory stuff like how to signal, follow marker buoys,
and what safety stuff you have to have along with things you should have.

I think it was well worth the time spent.

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"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
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I took the certification online. My insurance company provides a nominal
discount for those that have passed the course. In Ohio, anyone not 18
buy
January 1, 2000 (I think) has to be certified. Anyone older was
grandfathered in. I took it primarily to learn ahead of time to help my
kids with their certification.

Jeff

"Andrew Kidd" wrote in message
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Have any of you taken the online boater certification offered at
http://www.boat-ed.com/?

I've been messing around with it the last couple of days and was a
bit
surprised by some of the things I didn't know.
For those of you who have taken it, did you receive an insurance
discount from passing it?
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