On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:41:26 GMT, in message

"Roger Long" wrote:

When they get to a certain
critical mass, as they may in NJ and CT, it probably could get to the
point where I felt it was worth sitting through the course so that I
could be sure that everyone was taking it.

An otherwise intelligent friend of mine with a successful business and
a PhD in engineering took a boating course after several years of
powerboat ownership. He was surprised to learn that there was a reason
those sailboats kept tacking back and forth. I think he is probably
much less of a hazard on the water now that he knows a little more.

I am entirely in favour of requiring all boaters to demonstrate a
minimum level of knowledge and competence. Here you can simply take
the exam and get a license for about the cost of a case of beer, and
it's good for a lifetime. Scarcely a drop in the boat budget bucket of
either time or money.

Ryk

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