Jim wrote:
This may hurt, but it could be the reason your friends are too busy to go
boating with you. A bigger, better, more comfortable boat with a head might
be more appealing to your friends. Also, you see fear in their faces when
you speed, slow down.
Jim

This makes sense. When I first started crewing with a guy who went out
and bought a Viking 28 sailboat with little sailing experience or formal
courses, a lot of the ladies were scared to sail with him. He didn't
inspire trust. That's how I got on...my co-worker was a good friend of
his but didn't want to go out unless I (some experience) or another
trusted person went along to rein in the owner. The owner always seemed
to generate one emergency after another...such as too much sail up in
high winds, not knowing the Collision Regs...how to read a chart etc. etc.