My USCG 100 ton Master license expired last week - I've already taken the refresher course and passed the exam, but haven't gotten around to getting the other stuff (mostly the medical and drug tests).
So one of the things I'm doing this summer is subletting a 2nd slip at my YC to put my dinghy in (don't ask, it will just piss me off) and they have on the form a place for the Washington State Boater ID. I didn't need to get that because I had my Master license, but now that it's expired I figured what the heck, I'd do the online course and get a "lifetime" ID card.
It's a brutal process - I'm forced to wait for each page to go through a pre-determined time lapse before proceeding to the next page. I have a 2nd monitor, I'm just screwing around on the web, so it's easy to just hit "next" every few minutes.
I'm now up to the topic of "Choosing the Right Anchor", and here's the start of that topic. Gee, it was nice of them to note that the "plow-style anchor is good for most boats" - except the illustration isn't a plow. They also note that the "fluke-style anchor...is also good for most boats". This is in contrast to the only other anchor type they mention, the mushroom "should not be used to anchor boats larger than a small canoe, rowboat, small sailboat, or inflatable boat"
I am sure glad that all boaters in Washington state will have this valuable information about choosing the right anchor. <sigh>
So one of the things I'm doing this summer is subletting a 2nd slip at my YC to put my dinghy in (don't ask, it will just piss me off) and they have on the form a place for the Washington State Boater ID. I didn't need to get that because I had my Master license, but now that it's expired I figured what the heck, I'd do the online course and get a "lifetime" ID card.
It's a brutal process - I'm forced to wait for each page to go through a pre-determined time lapse before proceeding to the next page. I have a 2nd monitor, I'm just screwing around on the web, so it's easy to just hit "next" every few minutes.
I'm now up to the topic of "Choosing the Right Anchor", and here's the start of that topic. Gee, it was nice of them to note that the "plow-style anchor is good for most boats" - except the illustration isn't a plow. They also note that the "fluke-style anchor...is also good for most boats". This is in contrast to the only other anchor type they mention, the mushroom "should not be used to anchor boats larger than a small canoe, rowboat, small sailboat, or inflatable boat"
I am sure glad that all boaters in Washington state will have this valuable information about choosing the right anchor. <sigh>