Real Boater Test Taken from the BoatUS website

[parishht]

Are You A Real Boater?
Boating Quiz #1

Have You Ever...
1. Fallen off your boat
2. Fallen off a dock
3. Been rocked off a porto-potty
4. Forgotten to put the plug in
5. Spun a prop
6. Taken off with the anchor down
7. Gotten lost on the water
8. Run out of gas
9. Gotten stuck on a sand bar
10. Let your car stay broken so you could spend money to have your boat fixed
11. Paid too much for a boat
12. Not been able to put a part back together that you disassembled to fix
13. Been stuck in the rain
14. Dropped a watch or piece of ***elry overboard

Scoring: If you have said yes to 10 or more - you are a REAL boater.
7-10 First Mate.
4-6 Cabin Boy.
0-3 Swabbie.

[parishht]

Are You A Real Boater?
Boating Quiz #1

Have You Ever...
1. Fallen off your boat
2. Fallen off a dock
3. Been rocked off a porto-potty
4. Forgotten to put the plug in
5. Spun a prop
6. Taken off with the anchor down
7. Gotten lost on the water
8. Run out of gas
9. Gotten stuck on a sand bar
10. Let your car stay broken so you could spend money to have your boat fixed
11. Paid too much for a boat
12. Not been able to put a part back together that you disassembled to fix
13. Been stuck in the rain
14. Dropped a watch or piece of ***elry overboard

Scoring: If you have said yes to 10 or more - you are a REAL boater.
7-10 First Mate.
4-6 Cabin Boy.
0-3 Swabbie.

[parishht]

Are You A Real Boater?
Boating Quiz #1

Have You Ever...
1. Fallen off your boat
2. Fallen off a dock
3. Been rocked off a porto-potty
4. Forgotten to put the plug in
5. Spun a prop
6. Taken off with the anchor down
7. Gotten lost on the water
8. Run out of gas
9. Gotten stuck on a sand bar
10. Let your car stay broken so you could spend money to have your boat fixed
11. Paid too much for a boat
12. Not been able to put a part back together that you disassembled to fix
13. Been stuck in the rain
14. Dropped a watch or piece of ***elry overboard

Scoring: If you have said yes to 10 or more - you are a REAL boater.
7-10 First Mate.
4-6 Cabin Boy.
0-3 Swabbie.

[parishht]

I'm a swabbie

[parishht]

I'm a swabbie

[parishht]

I'm a swabbie

[THEFERMANATOR]

FIRST MATE here. I feel jipped.

[THEFERMANATOR]

FIRST MATE here. I feel jipped.

[randlemanboater]

I scored 7. ;D

[lumberslinger178]

iam a mate ;D

[macojoe]

Cabin boy here!!

[charlie_the_tuna]

first mate.

[macojoe]

Isn't this test backwards?? The more you say yes to the lower you should be?

[Blue_Runner]

I'm a REAL boater baby!! Who wants to go for a ride? ;D

No 1. Fallen off your boat
Yes2. Fallen off a dock
No 3. Been rocked off a porto-potty
Yes4. Forgotten to put the plug in
Yes5. Spun a prop
No 6. Taken off with the anchor down
Yes7. Gotten lost on the water
Yes8. Run out of gas
Yes9. Gotten stuck on a sand bar
(briefly)
Yes10. Let your car stay broken so you could spend money to have your boat fixed
Yes11. Paid too much for a boat
Yes12. Not been able to put a part back together that you disassembled to fix
(took apart some controls once. Got em back together but never worked right again :-/)
Yes13. Been stuck in the rain
Yes14. Dropped a watch or piece of ***elry overboard
(do sunglasses count?)

[parishht]

Isn't this test backwards?? The more you say yes to the lower you should be?


It is just like in business,
the more you f-up, the higher you go on the ladder.

[bradford]

It is just like in business,
the more you f-up, the higher you go on the ladder.


Amen brother, I scored a swabbie, but then I $hit over the side so I don't have to clean out the porta potty, Call me an idiot I guess! ;D

[parishht]

Amen brother, I scored a swabbie, but then I $hit over the side so I don't have to clean out the porta potty, Call me an idiot I guess! ;D

Been there done that, when you are not sure if you are out of gas
and making sure that lines aren't clogged,
get a little too much gas in mouth,
it comes on ya quit quick.

[C YENSEN]

cabin boy here ::)

[dragn3]

hey i might be a newbie here but i scored a 10 so that makes me a *"real boater" ( i guess). * spent 3/4 of my life on the water shrimping so i guess that kind of stuff happens sooner or later. the falling off the boat thing almost ended me one time though. wasnt to fun.

[tsubaki]

10 score. But I agree, seems reversed or add more to it to improve score like; dropping boat off trailer at ramp (did that) or submersing vehicle at ramp ( read about it) or throwed anchor overboard without rope attached (not guilty) or added double oil to tank or maybe to wrong tank (hell if I know) or left fish stringer tied to transom and chopped, diced, etc (guilty)

[dragn3]

LOL.... i left fish tied to my transom just last weekend at flint creek. my kids DID NOT find it to funny though.

[parishht]

Is that like frogs in a blender:

http://andymatic.com/images/frog_blender.gif

[tsubaki]

Another "real boater" daddy was telling me of a friend of his filling his Bayliner up with gas didn't realize the nozzle was in the rod holder until 2-3 gallons later.
While snickering about it he said "well I was just as bad, one day at the marina getting gas I dumped 16oz of oil in the rod holder of an Aquasport I had".

[dragn3]

lol!! he might need to check his glasses ;D