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Originally Posted by jetskier
I would generally agree that experience is the best teacher, however, the value of the instructional material is quite important. It is key to understand the safety requirements of your boat. It is key to understand which boat has the right of way and when. It is key to understand the markers and buoys etc... None of those things are forgiving if you learn by experience. 
Personally, I took the online course and then a classroom course. The classroom course was given by the NH Power Squadron and it was much more comprehensive than the online course. I thought that I knew all the material from the online course...wrong! Everyone can benefit from this type of course and I am glad to see it become mandated. The online course is silly; you can open a window to take the test and another to look up the answer. Come on!
As far as safety and courtesy are concerned, we can all stand a course or two...and that coming from a jetskier. Go figure.  |
Yes agreed jetskier! The value of the instructional material is quite imporant. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can take all the tests in the world either on-line or classroom but the true teacher is still going to be experience. I guess it's a bit redundant because one can't legally be gaining the experience w/out first passing a test according to the law anyway!