LBI4fun and I took the test on the 29th of April. Its long : Mandatory 8 hour instruction or class time. Its hard to make 8 hours out of the class, so the instructor fits in 4 hours of class and about 4 hours of stories. But hey, 8 hours is 8 hours.
Yes, it was woth it to get it done. The captain that was with me on my run from Trenton to LBI said he would have given me one at the end of the day if I did not have it. Oh well, I could have saved 8 hours worth of class.