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ioptfm	#1  Posted on 08/06/09 - 5:16 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	I know all of us are way to smart to need anything like this, but I ran across it today and found it very interesting. http://www.boatingbasicsonline.com/nline.com/ Tom 1979 Sport 15'
Guts	#2  Posted on 08/06/09 - 7:10 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 612 Comments: 8 Joined: 11/21/08	Thanks I think boaters should be informed, I think Joe should link this site for all not gust new boaters. Thanks for posting it, safe boating to all. Guts Edited by Guts on 08/06/09 - 7:11 PM
Marty Johns Isd SC	#3  Posted on 08/06/09 - 7:18 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 80 Comments: 2 Joined: 05/17/09	Thanks for posting that for us Tom! Have you been out this week? I have been putting in at Cherry Point at Rockville lately. My wife stepped on a stingray on Tuesday and had to go right back in to the doctor. Went back again to Botany Island and had a great day. We should get these whalers together one day. I would love to see yours. Take care. Marty Durham
Turpin	#4  Posted on 08/07/09 - 12:22 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 434 Comments: 20 Joined: 07/04/08	Here in Virginia it's now required that all boat operators be licensed. There are stipulations on time frame of license requirement according to age. http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/boating/...rement.asp I believe that was the online class I used for my license. The class varied from painfully simple to information overload. I picked up a fair amount of info from the course. The only real aggravating part was the VA. course link had a timer on each page meaning you could not advance until timer finished and sometimes it was a long wait. Most importantly the new law addresses some of the problems with some/not all brainless wonders on PWC's. Not to sound as if I hate PWC's because I don't, I just have evil thoughts about some of the operators. Edited by Turpin on 08/07/09 - 12:34 AM 1963 13' Sport 50hp Evinrude Maintaining a level of sanity that is socially acceptable
MW	#5  Posted on 08/07/09 - 3:50 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	I think it's a Great Post "Tom", both to refresh the "Veteran" boater, and help out the person "new" to boating. I find it "Safest" to "ASSUME" that the boat heading toward's you does NOT know the rules, and to use "Caution". 70% of all marine accident's invlolve a "PWC". Matt
CES	#6  Posted on 08/07/09 - 4:37 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	Great stuff! We have an on-line Boaters safety course here in Texas too. Here's a link to the site for those Texans interested: http://www.boat-ed.com/tx/index.htm/index.htm As of right now it's optional to take but as a responsible boater, it's not a bad idea to do. I think that PWC's...most of the time, are like pesky mosquito's on a camping trip buzzing around and annoying everyone. They certainly are fun to ride but the operators are clueless to safe boating operations around other boaters. I can say that most of the close calls I have been fortunate to survive, have been with a PWC encounter. Edited by CES on 08/07/09 - 5:13 AM Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
lrak	#7  Posted on 08/07/09 - 10:24 AM
Member Posts: 62 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/08/07	70% of all marine accident's invlolve a "PWC". Its not quite that bad. PWCs are involved in ~24% of boating accidents. Of those PWC accidents, ~70% involve crashing into a boat.
MidcoastMike	#8  Posted on 08/07/09 - 10:57 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 55 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/20/08	NH law now requires all boat/pwc operators to have a safe boater education certificate. I studied the online materials and then took the one-day, instructor-led class, which includes taking the test at the end. It was well worth it. http://www.boat-ed.com/nh/index.htm/index.htm Mike 1998 Conquest 21 - 2005 Yamaha F225
wswank3	#9  Posted on 08/07/09 - 10:58 AM
Member Posts: 6 Comments: 0 Joined: 05/20/09	I just took the course. thanks, ALOT of useful info that i did not know.took longer than i thought it would but passed.
MW	#10  Posted on 08/07/09 - 2:05 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	The idea to make everyone get an "Operator's" Lic. to pilot a boat sound's good but, we already do that for Automobiles and people still drive crazy. Matt