"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
"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, ...


There are many days in late July and August in the Annapolis area when
there is barely enough wind for a sailboat to make headway, and it is hot
as Hades. Some skippers fall into a heat-induced gaze, while other get
overly aggressive in terms of other boats. I usually avoid the area in the
height of the summer.

The power boaters don't suffer the same fate?