"Joe" wrote in message
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Do you tow everyone you see in need? Even if it's going to ruin your
trip?

I used to!

When I had a power boat I responded to three requests for assistance. With
hindsight, I shouldn't have offered assistance to any of them. The worst
example was a dinghy who flagged me down (using the distress signal). I was
towing him for 10 minutes before I realised that we were going *out* to
sea!!! I was due to be the committee boat for a race, and the tow was
slowing me down so much that I was going to be late. He swore at me when I
told him that I would have to release him.

I guess that he was going out to a race, and that he scrounged a lift every
week.



Regards


Donal
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