Neal has insisted that my complaints of his "rules" are just nit picking.
Here's a few of the nits:

Errors of Omission --

Neal forgot to mention a few of the basic concepts, such as:
Everyone must always avoid collisions
Every vessel must keep a lookout
Every vessel must always proceed at a safe speed, taking into account
conditions, traffic, the nature of the boat, etc.

He also forgot other rules most consider useful, such as:
For powerboats head-on, alter course to the right.
For powerboats crossing, the vessel on the left shall keep clear.

And of course, he neglected to mention that in thick fog, every vessel is must
slow or even stop when hearing a signal that might imply a chance of collision.

Although a description of lights is probably beyond a basic rules lesson, it is
worth mentioning that all vessels must have lights at night. A particular
point, in US inland waters, all power vessels, no matter how small, must have
running lights.

Emphasizing useless info --
Neal description of the "pecking order" is meaningless to the novice. For
example, any NUC showing signals is likely to be a large ship that a small
vessel should avoid anyways. The beginner would be better advised to avoid all
commercial traffic.

Outright blunders --
Neal claims NUCs have priority over RAMs. Totally wrong.
Neal claims "all vessels" are represented in the pecking order. The largest
class of boats, vessels under oars or paddles, are never mentioned.

Faulty explanation --
Neal explains at length his belief that the rules are completely different in
narrow channels. In truth, small vessels have the added responsibility not to
impede vessels that can only maneuver in within a channel, but they do not lose
their standing in the pecking order. His particular example: "a power boat is
coming ..., you are the give-way vessel" is incorrect, especially if the power
vessel is not actually restricted.

His description of the sailing rules is not too bad, but he doesn't explain the
meaning of "upwind vessel," a point we know is confusing to beginners. Also,
his explanation of "starboard tack" is not quite correct.

In fact, its hard to find a major aspect of the rules that Neal did get correct.

He did spell his name right. We think.