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I was blessed to be taught by an ex-marine on a military base where we had nothing to do aside from pool sessions every night after work. And open water was as easy as walking down the seaplane ramp. I'm sure I had a 10 module OW course and plenty of practice. I can't imagine there was a skill we didn't do.I wasn't aware of the violations in my OW course, either, until I became a professional. All the standards were right there in my log bog--if I had paid any attention to it, I would have seen how many times the instructor signed off on skills we had not done.