On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:50:20 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

~~ snippage happens ~~

How many times have you offered the helm to a guest (or inexperienced
boater) when having to attend to something down below, especially in open
water?

I've never let anybody inexperienced to have the helm of any boat I've
had without direct supervision by myself.

I have let others with boating experience use boats and have the helm
though.

Not sure if that counts.

Later,

Tom