JimH wrote:
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I would guess that my 17 year old (18 next month) son knows more about safe
boating, the rules of the road and boat maintenance than many of the clowns
out on the water.

BTW: He recently received his certification for Safe Boating from the US
Power Squadron. He has operated our 32 footer and I look forward to working
with him this Spring on fine tuning his boating skills on our 20 footer. I
am proud of him as he took the PS course on his own without any prodding
from me.



Good for him! I wish my sons were interested enough to take a boating
course. I keep telling them my sailboat is all I'll have left for them
to inherit as I plan to spend any monies I have over the next 30 years.