wrote:
I am a cruiser and have every right to post here and join in these
conversations.

Agreed.


.... PWC's aren't toys by the way

Yes they are.

But then IMHO these are also a toy
http://sic.epfl.ch/publications/SCR02/scr13_page4.jpg

But they are MUCH more expensive and require vastly more
skill to handle... still just toys after all.




.... Anyway my
interest in boat cruising is what takes me to rec.boats.cruising,
thanks very much. Last summer I spent a week cruising with my wife all
around the Thousand Islands area in the St. Lawrenece Waterway, we
visited and took pictures of all the state parks, castles, and dozens
of the beautiful islands and other attractions there from the water.
I'll link you to the album of hundreds of pictures my wife took.

OK, I'd like to see them. We have plans to visit the same
area. That sounds like a great cruise.

At one point in my life, I was going camper-cruising in
small racing class sailboats. Fun! Not very comfy but it
certainly built up sailing skills. It also gave a me a
preference for shallow draft boats that has stuck with me.

Size is only important to those who need it.


.... I belong here, I am a
full-fledged cruising boater just like anybody, and I just will not lie
down and take any bullying, insulting or discriminatory comments, and I
won't step to the back of the bus, sorry fellas.


It looks to me like you have been bullying others much more
than you've been bullied. I can see why you'd have a chip on
your shoulder about being a PWC'er but obnoxious behavior &
belittling others is not the way to give others a good
impression.

Fair Skies
Doug King