Okay, unpopular question of the day -- Why is requiring lincenses for various types of recreational boats in certain areas a bad idea? Maybe you wouldn't need paperwork to sit in your tube in a pool, but you would for the motor boat or kayak in which you're tooling around the New York Harbor. For us paddle types, licenses could be pegged to BCU certification. You needn't have a city bureaucrat test you; merely have a recognized, audited authority (New York Kayak Co., Manhattan Kayak Co., the Atlantic folks, etc.) vouch for you. It's a pain, but it could sharply reduce this kind of problem. I am among many moderately experienced frequent paddlers here who'd likely need to learn more to qualify -- not a horrible fate! Remember, this would also reduce the number of spookily incompetent cigarette boaters and jetskiers we gamble our lives upon. Feel free to knock this idea to hell. I'm not attached to it, and I suspect it's nothing new. But I wanted to understand the thinking around this issue. Erik *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 20:54:42 PST
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