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).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow it’s back to the bank to pay off the rest of Dignity a second time. Still looks like April 19^{th<\/sup> for Ex-Factory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"}

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