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Wrong. I hired one of the marina owners to teach my wife to dock and
maneuver our 32 footer....I did not have the patience.

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Simply because you did something, that doesn't make the practice
correct.

And simply because you say it is wrong does not mean you are correct.


Unless the marina owner was a licensed master (coulda been, but the
qualification you suggested was merely "a marina employee" and the
majority of marinas probably don't have even a single licensed master
on staff) hiring that person to do training was a violation of the law
and almost certainly of your insurance coverage.

Oh oh.......I am in trouble. And I allowed friends to drive my boat too. I
better hide now.

You got away with it,
(assuming the marina owner wasn't a licensed master), because nothing
happened. Suggesting others do the same is like recommending Russian
Roulette, "I did it, once, and nothing happened so everybody else
should follow my example."

Bull crap.



Who would hire the dock boy? Somebody hoping to get the job done by the
lowest bidder.

And in some cases the dock person (why do you call him *boy*?) may have more
experience in boating than the operators of the boats he/she is refueling or
pumping out.


However, if you want to refute my statement, you might experiment with
including the entire phrase........."You can't simply hire the dock boy
or some other marina worker to show you the ropes...."

As you will now reply with "where did I say the marina owner wasn't a
licensed master?", I'll save you the keystrokes and admit that you did
not. However, if you knew enough to be sure the person you hired had
the appropriate license, you should have included that specification in
your advice, not merely suggested a "marina employee" to teach docking
and seamanship aboard a boat.


Chuck you are a do-gooder through and through.

Have a nice day. Go ruin another thread.