Hmm...isn't that a shame the club has control of what the kid does OFF
work as well as on. I can understand him not crewing for you when the
club was paying him. But, when he clocks out he's no longer a club
employee and certainly isn't covered under the club's insurance
policies.

Sorry you can't give the dockmaster a beer. I don't suppose they
refuse tips to the bartenders and waitresses they pay so little,
though...(c;



On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:04:20 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:22:46 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

I'm always amazed at the number of boatsnobs who never ask them if
they'd like to cruise around the harbor or go on a trip. How
silly......

I would agree wholeheartedly, Larry, except that many yacht
clubs/marinas do not (at least to my knowledge locally) allow club
employees to socialize or crew for members due to liability issues. I
can't give the dockmaster a beer on a hot day at my club, and while a
fit 22 year old would be helpful in docking in a cross-wind, it can't
be a guy I invited on his day off from working in my club.

Conceivably, I could use a dock kid from ANOTHER club on his/her day
off, but usually I just call up crew off the racing boats, for whom a
day cruise out into the lake is comparatively relaxing.

Unfair and neurotic, perhaps, but that's how it was explained to
me...as an insurance/culpability issue.

R.


Larry W4CSC