Willard Mon. July 3

[dubob]

Didn't do the AIS test earlier in the year, until just Sunday nite, cuz all DNR reports said the written test was now mandatory for all boaters, as of 1 July of this year...so all before this I'd just been using the standard daily self-reporting sheet...I guess a few years I did the written AIS and did the printout also, but I thought that was more awkward to carry around than the smaller self-reporting sheets...Now I guess I'll always be carrying the more awkward, bigger mandatory test sheet...

For what it's worth (probably not much ?), I always take the test and print out 4 copies of the certificate: 1 copy each goes in the tow vehicles (I have 2), 1 copy goes in the boat, and 1 copy is kept as a backup at home.  The first three are signed and placed in clear laminate sheets for protection.  YMMV!