I just know I share a love of the water, and a great number of
responsibilities and concerns, with everybody on this newsgroup, and
every other boater and pwc enthusiast out on the water. Here's

I have no doubt about you. I do have doubts about many pwc
entusiasts. They seem to be there for the machismo

Right, but what about boaters on power boats of other shapes and sizes?
Are they so much better - do you have so far fewer doubts about them?
Do you think any of them, non-pwc-power boaters, have a macho
inclination, that they like speed, showing off, bringing attention to
themselves, and drinking beer while boating? I'd say the percentage
is roughly the same in my observation.....maybe worse in one camp on
some scores, the other on others....(like maybe novice pwc'ers are more
likely to zip too near other boats or through a no-wake zone, where I'd
say even non-novice larger-boaters seem more likely to be drinking
constantly while boating....of course maybe that's just an unfair
stereotyping image on my part based on what seem to be a great
frequency of incidents that I have observed anecdotally, and maybe I
should go slow on thinking that those traits or behavior will apply to
all power-boaters or to the majority of them).

richforman