From: scott@bell.b17a.ingr.com (Scott Bell)
Subject: Re: Bayliner myths: a challenge
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:05:19 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.134959.42908@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, barnhill@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
|> Amongst other pretty good thoughts, it is written:
|> > 
|> > I kind of wonder how much of it has to do with the way boats
|> > are marketed today. I grew up around boats, and they were not
|> > nearly as aggressively marketed back then. My father also taught
|> > me to respect the water, and always be the guy who pulls the th-
|> > rottle back when there is a standoff, whether I have the right
|> > of way or not.
|> 
|> Yep.  Me too.
|> > 
|> > I strongly support licensing requirements for boaters, and I
|> > feel that in order to buy any boat capable of high speed, one
|> > must complete some sort of fast boat driving school. Something
|> > along the lines of Wellcraft's Scarab driving school would be
|> > a good place to start. (It's only available to Scarab owners.)
|> 
|> Didn't I get the living s*%t flamed out of myself last year for 
|> suggesting something similar during the thread on whether or not
|> boats had to be lic. in Mass., or something similar?  I still 
|> think that it would be a good idea; it would have to have some 
|> incrementa effect, if only to eliminate the rentals.

       IMHO, I think ALL watercraft operators( Jetskis, windsurfers, etc.)
       should get licensed somehow. The biggest question would be what would
       the material for licensing be.

       At least this way EVERYONE on the water would know what he/she is
       required to do, even if they don't do it!

      << boater-experience points nuked for bandwidth... >>
|> >  
|> > IMHO, there are alot of people out there who don't know what they
|> > are doing, from the moment they drop the hitch over the ball. I'm
|> > not saying this to sound elitist, it's just that I see more people
|> > do stupid things in one day at the lake than I see the rest of the
|> > week.
|> > 
|> > -- Mike
|> 
|> Mike, you're on target.  Having boated since before I can remember, and
|> having raised my kids the same way, I have yet to have a moment of terror
|> which was as a result of anything other than my not paying attention to
|> wind, waves and other boaters.  Even with years of experience, we make
|> mistakes --- but hopefull we learn, and we don't repeat them.  I am in
|> particular shocked by the numbers of folks who boat lit up on booze...
|>

        I agree bigtime! The same applies to people who can't see the 'trees
        from the forest', so to speak. They'll get a boat to ski/enjoy the water/
        mingle and forget there are MANY important steps in-between that make
        the final boat-on-tke-lake position happen. Having fun doesn't mean
        losing track of others around you( at least in boating! ;) ).
      
|> SOAPBOX OFF
|> 
|> db

  Scott
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