[mstern]

I seriously doubt this has stopped too many at the six pack level anyway.

That is exactly what I was told by a guy staffing a Captain's course booth at a boat show. His take was that a great number of the OUPV captains have fudged their experience.

 

[mstern]

I looked into taking a course recently, and decided it was too much of a time commitment right now. My ulimate goal is to retire and do something on the water, but I have a "few" years to go. In the meantime, I bought an older edition of Charlie Wing's "get your captain's license" book ($5 at a used book store!) and am studying that just for jollies.