"Capt. Frank Hopkins" wrote in message
ink.net...

Every captain worth his or her salt knows a safety inspection is one of
the few FREE help items available to the boating public.

Even for a captain like me who's anal retentive about safety equipment, a
second opinion can always be useful. Sometimes someone sees a better way of
mounting a fire extinguisher that makes it easier to reach, but less likely
to smack you in the shoulder as you walk by. This doesn't sound like an
Orwellian inspection to me.