At 08:15 PM 7/24/00 -0700, Doug Lloyd wrote: SNIP > > >I have not looked at the issue too closely. All I know is that I >voluntarily took a safe boating course a few years ago (the kind I think >all "big boaters" should take) and it was a real eye opener. What a huge >amount of material there is to learn about safe boating. Everything from >docking procedures to right of way, etc. If boaters were "made" to take >such a course, I think it would have to make a difference. Yes, there >will still be unsafe boaters out there, but less of them. Just my >opinion. But what the heck do I know - I'm just another salt chuck speed >bump. I also took a safe boating course a few years ago (US Power Squadron). Not only did I learn new things myself, but I sort of got an appreciation of what the "big guys" might be thinking which helps me predict what they're going to do. Taking the course was free except for a book fee and well worth the time. Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 25 2000 - 06:24:16 PDT
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