"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message Based on reactions here
from racing boat enthusiasts, many boaters want a "you can't control me
at all" experience. Wild west, if you will. Unfortunately, what they
really need is to hike the Appalachian trail, alone, in October. Not a
boat.

I favor mandatory instruction and licensing for pleasure boaters, AND...

any sailboater who sails out of Annapolis during the doldrums of summer
ought to have electrodes affixed to his testicles so that when he falls
into a heat-induced stupor and is in danger of ramming an anchored boat,
some sort of signal can be generated to wake him up.


Must be a local knowledge reference; and, being a west coaster, with cold
water and hot land, we get great wind in the summer months, ...