Yesterday I passed my New Jersey Safe Boater’s exam. The sorry story is that last weekend I took the Opt Out exam and failed. I thought I had read what I had been told to read but the questions last weekend had a lot of specific facts I could not remember or had never known (like minimum trailer weight requiring independent brakes).
The odd thing was, was that the actual safe boaters test was considerably more in line with my past knowledge than the opt out test and I reckon I could have passed it without sitting through several hours of lecture.
Still, one good thing came out of it all. I now know why my shoe laces have been coming undone for 40 years. I’ve been tying them with a granny knot rather than a square knot. This has dramatically reduced the probability that I’ll fall overboard as a result of a loose shoelace. I’m a safe boater indeed.
Tomorrow it’s back to the bank to pay off the rest of Dignity a second time. Still looks like April 19th for Ex-Factory.
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