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sa meredith · 06-27-2007, 04:56 PM

Honestly...this is not meant to be "a slap" to anyone without a Safety Cert., but, really, until January of this year, it was just a matter of logging on to the site, and setting aside the 2 to 3 hours to complete the test. As long as you passed, and entered your credit card number, your certificate was printed out THE SECOND you passed. You had it instantly (it was good for 30 days, until the hard plastic version came in the mail). I think that anyone who does not have it, always thought, "yeah, I'll get to it, just not today". Honestly, I put it off, until the night before a day of boating in 2005 (the first time I was required to have it). I went on line at 9PM and had the cert. at midnight. It is now a much more difficult process.

06-27-2007, 04:56 PM	#30
sa meredith Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 986 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 32 Thanked 352 Times in 137 Posts	Putting it off... Honestly...this is not meant to be "a slap" to anyone without a Safety Cert., but, really, until January of this year, it was just a matter of logging on to the site, and setting aside the 2 to 3 hours to complete the test. As long as you passed, and entered your credit card number, your certificate was printed out THE SECOND you passed. You had it instantly (it was good for 30 days, until the hard plastic version came in the mail). I think that anyone who does not have it, always thought, "yeah, I'll get to it, just not today". Honestly, I put it off, until the night before a day of boating in 2005 (the first time I was required to have it). I went on line at 9PM and had the cert. at midnight. It is now a much more difficult process.