Real Boater Test Taken from the BoatUS website - Page 2

macojoe · #11 03-30-2007, 01:19 AM

Cabin boy here!!

charlie_the_tuna · #12 03-30-2007, 01:33 AM

first mate.

macojoe · #13 03-30-2007, 01:39 AM

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

Blue_Runner · #14 03-30-2007, 10:50 AM

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 · #15 03-30-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by macojoe

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 · #16 03-30-2007, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parishht

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 · #17 03-30-2007, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bradford

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 · #18 03-30-2007, 05:30 PM

cabin boy here ::)

#19 04-07-2007, 12:49 AM

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 · #20 04-08-2007, 10:13 PM

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)