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Canadian boating license

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Chundr
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is just the shitiest test ever it takes you over 3 hours to complete and if you get less than 80 on the mandatory strudy tests it makes you redo the whole module

Jul 31 2012 1:46AM
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Bill.Nye
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LOL Canada
Jul 31 2012 1:47AM
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iRapeKittens
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LOL at possibly getting lower than an 80 on a boating test.
Jul 31 2012 1:48AM
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c4t_l0ver
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i got it on my 3rd try.... have FUN.
Jul 31 2012 2:01AM
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Backyard.Skier
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just take it online..

you can have the answers open on the website in front of you and it says to have a supervisor in the room but how the fuck do they know hahah

its fool proof.
Jul 31 2012 2:03AM
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mode2n
Posts: 2856 - Karma: 255
Same story for myself
Jul 31 2012 2:14AM
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c4t_l0ver
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it was redic... i even failed one of those mini tests at the end of each chapter and i had to re do it... SOO stupid.
Jul 31 2012 2:16AM
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Downtofilm
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I was actually looking up taking it today now that I see this thread im curious to wether how you guys failed 3 times?
Jul 31 2012 2:27AM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
It just fucking annoying. I did it last week. Took me almost an hour to do the final test because i didnt want to get anything wrong. If you go on google and look up practice boat license test there is a test that gives you some of the answers from the test its pretty nice.
I copied everything from all the chapters, if you guys want them let me know and i will send it to you.
Jul 31 2012 2:37AM
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TRASHY.
Posts: 736 - Karma: 356
Took it online last year and it was the easiest thing ever as you can easily cheat.
Although it's probably good for people to actually know the basic safety rules of the water haha.

But anyway, it's like $50 and super easy, take it.
Jul 31 2012 2:39AM
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Downtofilm
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Like you still have all the answers?

Yes please.
Jul 31 2012 2:43AM
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Avifarer
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Nah not all the answers but i have all the chapters so you can open them during the exam.
I am trying to find the practice exam with the answers, i will post it when i find it
Jul 31 2012 2:50AM
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Downtofilm
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Thanks dood
Jul 31 2012 2:51AM
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Chundr
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
yeah i failed on the 5th one twice so i had to keep redoing the leason but i passed the actual test my first try. the whole thing took me around 5 hours
Jul 31 2012 3:18AM
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KillaSteeze
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Please send that to me! That would be amazing, cuz I started the test like 9 months ago and forgot half of it
Jul 31 2012 3:57AM
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shibby
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are you guys talking about pleasure craft operators card? i did it in a room with an official supervisor and it was easy as fuck
Jul 31 2012 12:34PM
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c4t_l0ver
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yup, it super fucking hard. my mom did it with a supervisor a couple years ago and said it was super easy, and she looked at mine and said it was redic.
Jul 31 2012 12:47PM
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penguiin
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I know the one here in north carolina used to be super easy, but now when you are reading the chapters there is a timer on each page and you can't go to the next page until the time is up, takes forever now, thank god I already have my license
Jul 31 2012 12:50PM
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Chundr
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
Yeah that's what it's like here it so retarded
Jul 31 2012 1:00PM
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Keith.
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lol... I got it in my gr 9 tech class (teacher was certified test giver) passed it without cheating took under 1 hour and it only cost me $15. Plus if I had failed it was free. Don't really understand where you're coming from really..
Jul 31 2012 1:52PM
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stickerman
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I took it at the Toronto boat show. Super easy and I didn't even realize that there was a supervisor behind me. Took like 30 minutes and didn't study at all. From what I understand the online test is a lot harder.
Jul 31 2012 2:44PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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wait, you mean you have to get a license to drive a boat in canada?
Jul 31 2012 3:33PM
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KillaSteeze
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yup, and fishing licenses too
Jul 31 2012 3:37PM
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Bmo.
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Got a 100 on my first try. I was 13...
Jul 31 2012 3:49PM
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A^frame
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Anyone who thinks boat test are easy... doesn't live near the ocean or have any rivers near them. The Washington Boat test is kind of a bitch. If it were just a Lake and wake board driving test I would have crushed it. But no, there are endless types of PFD's and buoys that will destroy you. Not to mention navigating in fog.
Jul 31 2012 5:09PM
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Avifarer
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They just changed the whole format of the test in feb of this year.
Jul 31 2012 6:00PM
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ChuckTesta
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i took my NY boating license when i was 10, 2 8 hour days of learing and a 2 hour test. i got a 100
Jul 31 2012 6:06PM
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Avifarer
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just got my license today and it came with 10$ off of boatwiseexam.ca
whoever wants it send me a pm!
Jul 31 2012 8:22PM
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Chundr
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
i call bullshit because you have to be 14 to take the test
Aug 1 2012 1:29AM
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rareison
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Getting mine soon, I was walking into Canadian Tire one day, and there was a little booth outside that was selling the exams, and I got a card that I can take home, then I take the test online with a code from the card. It was $40 I think, and I got the handbook for an extra $10. Unlimited tries, and it doesn't cost anything if you fail/try again.
Aug 1 2012 1:34AM
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KillaSteeze
Posts: 3329 - Karma: 351
Boatersexam.com?? I'm doing mine there, and it was 40$ and unlimited try's
Aug 1 2012 2:09AM
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cool_name
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its a pain in the ass, makes you stare a page that takes 30 seconds to read for 5 minutes
Aug 1 2012 3:48AM
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Spinoza
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Its easy no matter how you do it. I did it at the Ex a few years ago, But if you do it online you can just cheat . Duh
Aug 1 2012 5:55AM
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Aiden-P
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damn canadian tests, eh?
Aug 1 2012 6:05AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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hah you should have done it before they changed it! before it was shorter, easier and cheaper.
Aug 1 2012 7:26AM
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Bmo.
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maybe i was 14 then..idk im 20 now so it was a long time ago
Aug 1 2012 8:42AM
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Chundr
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
yeah they changed it this year its a bitch now
Aug 1 2012 10:19PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14486 - Karma: 10,635
Yea the CT one was super long and I just passed it with the minimum. The mapping was hard as shit. I took it a while ago, was at least 8 years ago, that would put me at 14.
Aug 1 2012 10:25PM
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corona
Posts: 12795 - Karma: 32,749
do it online. I did it online and had my room mate as 'supervisor'. took 5 minutes, didn't get a question wrong, room mate didn't even have to get out of bed.
Aug 1 2012 10:39PM
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MFM
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If thousands of asian fisherman on the west coast can do it without even being able to speak enough engrish to function in society can pass it, you'll be fine.
Aug 1 2012 11:04PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
I dont think you even need a boating license in the us...
Aug 1 2012 11:09PM
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pomme-de-terre
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you do. at least in NYS you need a boating license until 16 or 18 and then for a personal watercraft you need the license until forever.




regardless, my dad was friends with the guy who proctored the exam and i didnt even really take the test, he just told me the bubbles to fill and gave us the licenses. i was like 13 or 14 at the time.


for real life boating though you just gotta remember everything captain ron taught you and to always stay between the red and green. keep beers and bongs below the gunwale when the sheriff boat is on the lake.
Aug 1 2012 11:22PM
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NotGhood
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This, got it 2 years ago. Shit was stupid easy.
Aug 1 2012 11:26PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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literally did it in 20 minutes and passed, didn't study at all. Also this was back when i was like 14
Aug 1 2012 11:29PM
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geteducated
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this is boatsmart ontario right? used to be real easy i hear. got real hard over the last year. i boat illegally. that's whats up. (it's a sailboat)
Aug 2 2012 12:18AM
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Chundr
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
no im in alberta its just the canadian boating exam on boaterexam.com
Aug 2 2012 1:07AM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
I live in Mass but I think you just need a regular drivers license.
Aug 2 2012 11:36AM
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DGski
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i got it on my second try, its pretty hard
Aug 2 2012 2:42PM
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tBatt
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Correct.
But the test/course if stupid long. I think it took me 8 - 10 hours for the whole thing.
Aug 2 2012 3:01PM
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BroNamath
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Boaterexam.com, but seriously this liscence is harder to get that a drivers liscence in canada
Aug 2 2012 4:40PM
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