Pete
says
"It's all in how you look at it".
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Here
are a few excerpts to give you an
idea of what this E-Book is about:
- "First,
there is no road to pull off of.
Second, nearly all recreational
boaters are out there to enjoy
themselves and, believe me, they
are not concerned about you, your
family or your disabled boat.
Unless you are in their way."
- "There
is another factor which also seems
unavoidable. It is a gender issue.
Not what you are probably thinking
of, guys. It's you. Women don't
have testosterone issues. With
men, it is a matter of pride and
ego which prevents them from acknowledging
"that funny noise" when
the lady aboard first mentions
it. Then, when it becomes apparent,
even to him, his ego forces him
to try to fix it."
- "The
primary advantage that chart users
have over GPS-only users is that
land (you know, that lumpy stuff
at the water's edge) shows up
clearly on a chart, so you pretty
much know that you ought to try
to avoid running over it."
- "Tides
have been going in and out for
some time now. Whether it is physics
or coincidence, the depth of the
water in a certain spot has always
seemed to increase on an incoming
tide and to decrease when it is
outgoing. Just an observation
on my part."
- "Further,
(you'll like this one) they don't
allow boats to be beached on their
beaches. Even if they are ship-wrecked."
- "Investment
of time to learn the basics should
be as great as any investment
in cash. One, without the other
is a formula for disaster."
- "Boo-boo"
is usually an understated screw-up.
Otherwise unclassified boo-boos
may range in severity from a mildly
innocuous mistake on one end of
the scale to "Holy S…"
on the other end."
- "The
prudent mariner (definitely an
oxymoron in the context of this
handbook) knows enough to avoid
these clusters of rudder and propeller
magnets. (rumor has it that these
buoys have been know to swim after
slow moving boats and lodge themselves
in and around rudders and drive
line parts)"
- "In
a small boat, weather can kill
you quicker than anything you
can buy in a drugstore."
- "Just
after he jumped in, a wave came
over the back and, despite Kim's
efforts, it swamped the boat &
drove it up on shore. Now instead
of having one boat on the beach,
we have two."
- "With
nobody on the boat with me, I
was unable to haul in the line
and maneuver the boat adequately.
Consequently, I got my towline
caught in one of my propellers.
Not cool."
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