On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:00:01 -0400, "Midas Mulligan"
wrote:

On a percentage basis sailboats are rescued much more than power boats.
There should be some mechanism to charge sailboat owners for this higher
risk. What should be taxed?

The wind?

I'd like to see where you get your figures that sailboats are rescued
more than powerboats on a percentage basis. When I was docked next to
a Seatow boat, I talked to him about just this and he said he rarely
had to go rescue sailboats, maybe one a year. But he was rescuing
powerboats every day.

Also remember that most larger sailboats are powerboats also. So if
they need rescueing because the aux engine has failed, what category
does that fall into?

Steve