Safe Boating Test - Really?

In Canada we are now required to be tested and licensed for operating pleasure craft with a motor. The guidelines are based on minimum requirements set by the Canadian Coast Guard and what they believe people should know in recreational boating.

Okay. We should know some important terms, such as what a draft is, where port is, starboard. ya-da ya-da. Then there's the criminal code of boating; can't operate in a manner dangerous to the public, can't operate while impaired, etc.

Buoys.

Lights.

Then, there's the quiz:

Question 4) If a breakdown occurs, what should the operator do?

a. alter speed as appropriate.
b. speed up to get back as fast as possible.
c. call the Coast Guard via a "MAYDAY"
d. abandon ship.

I'm sure most of this makes sense ... if you're in the middle of the sea, or on the Great Lakes, but because I ALWAYS boat at Cultus Lake, my answer is (B). Which, of course, is the wrong answer. It just so happens to be the one I do .......

since there's no way in hell I'm gonna' row back.