On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:44:13 -0400, John H
wrote:

...perhaps a little *science* on the subject could prevent a lot of problems for
boaters.

http://www.boatus.com/gov/

Unfortunately Boat US as an effective lobbying organization is mostly
a joke. They are most definitely a "for profit" organization and will
not do anything to rock that boat.

We need somebody with real teeth and commitment, more like the NRA
with a take no prisoners attitude. Unfortunately we have no
constitutional ground to stand on like the NRA, and we don't have the
same numbers, but there are still a lot of boaters if we ever got
effectively organized.