Thomas Wentworth wrote:
Roger ,, are you a Communist? What part of "leave me, my boat, my life, my
life on the water" out of your socialist ideas don't you get?

A fee isn't a tax? Sure,,, no, it is a fee. Are you truly so nuts as
this?

The reason we, me, us, go sailing is to get away from authority. To be
FREE. Let the wind drive us forward, the sea our friend ....

But that isn't good enough for you ,, nope. You want to ruin sailing.



Actually good sensible sailors want & need some kind of minimal
protection from irresponsible, don't tell me what to do, type of
boaters. Without rules and regulations and an authority to enforce same,
chaos would take over.
Not the type of environment I'd want to take my family sailing in.