Hey Boat Smart Staff, I began my studying on Mon, May 23, 2011 7:13 pm. After having been stopped by a representative of boatsmart at canadan tire and told about the online method of studying. I began but progress was very slow. The interface was not the best and I couldn't flip through the sections like a book. The sections were timed and it was a lot of reading. After the novelty wore off, I gave up interest. Since my father had been with me at the time I registered. He would from time to time ask me of my progress. What at first was a gentle nudge became more of a runnning joke after the 5th and 6th year rolled by. "Are ya boat smart yet" He would say. Now in the seventh year and living away from home I returned to the lessons of out respect for something my Dad wished for me to complete. I have found the website new and improved with great video illiustrations and moving diagrams. This is a more inductive way of learning and was much easier to make good progress. I forget what my actual time logged was but it was temendous due to the half hearted attemtps and leaving my browser open to 'run up the clock' in the old days. Perhaps this could be comical relief for the database manager. So perhaps I am your most unsecessfull or secessfull student depending on how you look at it. But either way I appreaciate boat smart honouring the committment to train me and even improve their delivery over time. So now I can proudly say I passed the exam Sat Jan 27 2018. Looks like it was 7 years start to finish. Perhaps Dad's going to have to buy that boat he hinted at almost a life time ago... Graham Brunt of Halifax, NS