Sailaway wrote:
Don White wrote:
Normally, the log is kept by the boat's owner/captain. Nice ones are
available at any Marine Supply store. You could make a rough one on
the Excell computer program and include columns & data about any trips
such as time of departure, events underway, arrival time, boat/motor
maintenance, etc.


I am curious about this. Since I got back into boating (and after my
years of Navy/Army and shipboard experience - all where logbooks were
required) I have had numerous discussions with boat owners/sailors about
logbooks and most said they don't use them. I find this odd - anyone
have any thoughts on this?


The Ccanadian Power & Sail Squadron encourages their use. If a mishap
occured the logbook could be used as a legal document for evidence.