On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:47:56 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wrote:

When I was docked next to
a Seatow boat, I talked to him about just this and he said he rarely
had to go rescue sailboats, maybe one a year. But he was rescuing
powerboats every day.

Where was this, and define "rescue".

This was along the coast of New Jersey. My definition of Rescue, in
this case, is one party having to render assistance to another party
who's caught in a situation they can't handle on their own where the
party needing assistance may now be in danger or will be in danger in
the future if assistance is not provided. How's that for a
definition?

It's one thing for a tow service to bring in a powerboat with a failed
engine. It's another thing entirely for the USCG to have to send a
helicopter to rescue an inept sailor.

They're both rescues. The USCG having to send a helicopter to rescue
an inept powerboater is also a rescue.