Let me start by saying I sail inland lakes.

When I got my first sailboat in 1970, I had been reading very book on
boating that I could get my hands on. One of the things that they said
was a need was a logbook, therefore I had one.

I don't believe it lasted the summer. Each entry was basically the same
Launched boat, sailed boat, retrieved boat. Maybe I missed something in
making the entries, but it added nothing to my enjoyment of the boat.

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?