Bizywk
Jetboaters Admiral
- Messages
- 702
- Reaction score
- 2,029
- Points
- 272
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2018
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
Just a heads up and my humble opinion: save your money and avoid the Florida Boating Safety Course (Florida Boating Course | Online Boat Safety Course). I do NOT recommend it. It wasn't even targeted specifically at Florida, as it kept suggesting I check local state regulations.
In prep for our Bimini trip, I decided to brush up on intercoastal navigation and safety by taking another boating safety course. I have already taken the BoatUS course in the past and wanted another one so I tried the Florida Boating Safety course. The course advertisements looked good, the price was right (about $15) and came with a hard ID card and lifetime expiration so I went with it.
The course material was very elementary, the website was glitchy, and the course locks you down to long minimum time limits so you don't learn at your own pace. I would often finish up the course chapter and go do something else while the timer counted down.
To me, the quiz questions often didn't focus on the most important points. A couple of quiz questions refer to information NOT even covered in the course material (I went back to check to see if I just missed it), and on at least one question, the quiz answer directly contradicted the course material. They gave it a good try, but need to go back to the drawing board.
In prep for our Bimini trip, I decided to brush up on intercoastal navigation and safety by taking another boating safety course. I have already taken the BoatUS course in the past and wanted another one so I tried the Florida Boating Safety course. The course advertisements looked good, the price was right (about $15) and came with a hard ID card and lifetime expiration so I went with it.
The course material was very elementary, the website was glitchy, and the course locks you down to long minimum time limits so you don't learn at your own pace. I would often finish up the course chapter and go do something else while the timer counted down.
To me, the quiz questions often didn't focus on the most important points. A couple of quiz questions refer to information NOT even covered in the course material (I went back to check to see if I just missed it), and on at least one question, the quiz answer directly contradicted the course material. They gave it a good try, but need to go back to the drawing board.
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