Thomas has accomplished something his mother and I did not expect to happen - he decided he was going to get his Pleasure Craft Operator's License, and commenced studying the manual. For three days, he spent all his free time working on this. He wrote the exam and passed with 88%! At eleven years old, I'm sure he is one of the youngest licensed people in Canada. Everyone in Thomas' family is very proud of his accomplishment, although his mother and I wondered quietly why he never seems to apply the same laser-like focus and unbridled enthusiasm to his school projects ....
This license is required to operate motorized boats in Canada - under twelve years old is limited to under 10 horsepower. Luckily for Thomas, we have a three horsepower outboard. We are contemplating how we can make a detachable bracket for Thomas' boat that will allow him to use the motor.
A big factor in Thomas' success was that he had some help studying from his Auntie Beth. My sister is a licensed commercial captain, so she immediately had enough street credibility to earn Thomas' respect during the learning process.
We epoxied down the deck on the weekend, and will be making the fillet joints between the deck and the cockpit sides today (we hope). Thomas will be taking more pictures after he gets home from school today.
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