http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat owner
and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a boating course is
necessary........
TomC

TomC wrote:
http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat owner
and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a boating course is
necessary........
TomC



A rigorous boating safety/practical skills course, followed by an exam,
should be mandatory for anyone who wants to operate a boat.

Harry Krause wrote in article
.. .
TomC wrote:
http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat
owner
and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a boating
course is
necessary........
TomC



A rigorous boating safety/practical skills course, followed by an exam,
should be mandatory for anyone who wants to operate a boat.


I'm a novice owner and took the USCG course in Boating Skills and
Seamanship. At the time, I thought it was too intensive, but I'm glad we
(wife and I) took it. Even at that, the course didn't provide any "on the
water" practical experience. But, having prior knowledge of "some" of the
things that can go wrong helped tremendously. The first season (last year)
was interesting. I didn't mess the boat up too bad. ;-)
TomC

Harry Krause wrote:
TomC wrote:

http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat
owner
and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a boating
course is
necessary........
TomC



A rigorous boating safety/practical skills course, followed by an exam,
should be mandatory for anyone who wants to operate a boat.

Indeed - and certainly not one of those quickie one day courses some
organizations give, but the real thing like United States Power
Squadron's 8 week Boating course.

I still don't get it. To drive a car here in New York (and most places)
one must go through a hefty licensing procedure including classroom
training, on road training, a written test and a road test. To operate
a power boat, which is far more complicated than driving a car, all
anyone over 18 needs are the keys. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Congrats to New
Jersey, Connecticut and several other states that now require mandatory
boater education (although its too bad that they only require the basic
8 hour course - hardly enough). Now its time for all the other states
to jump in.

And to the old timers who say they've been boating all their lives and
don't need any safe boating course, and least take a NASBLA approved
test to see what you know/don't know. Hell, if you can spend 2 days
waxing your boat and every weekend off fishing, you can spend an hour to
take test. If you pass, great. If you fail, well, stop whining and
take the course.

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After!"

ps: Here's a test question a lot of stubborn old timers don't get: Are
there ever instances when a power boat has priority over a sail boat?
If so, what are they?

On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:46:52 -0400, Larry Weiss
wrote:

Here's a test question a lot of stubborn old timers don't get: Are
there ever instances when a power boat has priority over a sail boat?
If so, what are they?

In a channel and constrained by draft.

Overtaken by sail.

Commercial fishing with trawls or nets.

A rigorous boating safety/practical skills course, followed by an exam,
should be mandatory for anyone who wants to operate a boat.

Indeed - and certainly not one of those quickie one day courses some
organizations give, but the real thing like United States Power
Squadron's 8 week Boating course.

I still don't get it. To drive a car here in New York (and most places)
one must go through a hefty licensing procedure including classroom
training, on road training, a written test and a road test.

Wow! Seriously? Not to be dense, but in PA and WV you just have to
pass the written test (to get your learner's permit) and pass the road
test. Maybe that doesn't happen for some without a class, but I never
took a class and neither of my children took a class before getting
their licenses. Both kids studied the little state driving manual
before taking the written test (which any goof could pass) and I
certainly spent a lot of time with them in the car teaching them how
to drive before they took the road test, but that wasn't required and
certainly no classes were required. Both kids later took driver's ed
at their high school in order to get the insurance deduction from
State Farm, but it seemed silly since they had been driving a year
before taking it.

Dave Hall

I don't know who wrote:

To drive a car here in New York (and most places)
one must go through a hefty licensing procedure including classroom
training, on road training, a written test and a road test.

All that's required to get a license to drive a car in NY is to pass a
permit test that only an idiot could fail and a road test. There is no
required class room or road training. And, I'm not aware of any other
state that requires more than that for a driver's license.

--
Stan

Stan (the Man) wrote:
I don't know who wrote:

To drive a car here in New York (and most places)

one must go through a hefty licensing procedure including classroom
training, on road training, a written test and a road test.


All that's required to get a license to drive a car in NY is to pass a
permit test that only an idiot could fail and a road test. There is no
required class room or road training. And, I'm not aware of any other
state that requires more than that for a driver's license.

--
Stan

Not true.

The following is excerpted from New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles "New Drivers" Web page in its list of requirements for
obtaining a license:

"Attend a mandatory pre-licensing course or complete a high school or
college driver education course. Most commercial driving schools
licensed by the DMV offer the DMV-approved pre-licensing course. Look in
the telephone directory under "Driving Instruction."

"When you complete the course, you receive a pre-licensing course
certificate (MV-278). You must provide the certificate number when you
schedule your road test. You must also show the certificate to the road
test examiner on the day of your road test."

The complete text can be found he
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/license.htm#newdrivers

This rule has been in effect for at least 35 years that I am aware of.

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After"

"TomC" wrote in
st.net.:

http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat
owner and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a
boating course is necessary........
TomC


I looked up info on the dam, found some images of the dam,
looks like no beacons or markers on it or much warning of the edge.
I see by the report they knew of the dam,
but others may not, is that common ?

On May 1, 4:35 pm, Ron wrote:
"TomC" wrote cast.net.:

http://yorkdailyrecord.com/newsfull/ci_5791744
Don't know all the particulars; apparently, a new inexperienced boat
owner and passengers. How tragic. So, if somebody asks you if a
boating course is necessary........
TomC

I looked up info on the dam, found some images of the dam,
looks like no beacons or markers on it or much warning of the edge.
I see by the report they knew of the dam,
but others may not, is that common ?

There is a low bulkhead dam (forgot what they call them) in Enfield CT
that has claimed many lives in my memory. Don't know about recently
but I can remember several incidents over the years.