The way everything is worded on the boatsmart prepay information is misleading. I purchased the prepay card and on it it says "Take your BOATsmart! test online! Purchase a Pre-Paid Online Test Card" No where does it say that there is a mandatory 3 hour course as well. I had previously studied the book and was prepared to take the exam when I found out that I had wasted my time on the book since the mandatory course was essentially reading the book again module for module. Had I know this was the case I would have done things differently. It is very misleading to sell a prepaid card that does not have accurate information on it. I could have saved a lot of time had it been clearly set out and may have chosen to write the test a different way had I known. Since the pleasure craft operator card is necessary and you are the people who provide it the least you can do is make sure people are informed clearly of how it works. You should also inform the staff at Canadian Tire where these are sold so they could also inform their customers.