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Posted by StriperChaser on February 19, 2005, 6:31 am At the end of the day as we approached the inlet, he came into the cabin and asked me about the red and green buoys stationed just outside the jetties. He wanted to know how they marked the channel and what the colors represented. Now don't get me wrong, I fully understand that everyone has to start somewhere and there's nothing wrong with being unaware of something you've never been exposed to. But this guy owned and had been operating a boat for a few months but had no clue what the buoys meant. That's like driving your car and not knowing what a stop-sign means. After explaining a little about the buoys, I asked him if he had ever owned a boat before and he said "no." Then I asked why he started his boating career with such a large boat and I was surprised to hear that his decision was made because he had taken notice that so many people started out with small boats and then graduated over the years to bigger and bigger craft. He figured instead of wasting his time messing with little boats, he'd get something with some size to it right from the beginning. If you ask me, such reasoning was not only a classic example of "more dollars than sense," but also a great argument for mandatory licensing of anyone who operates a boat. It's crazy that we're required to take a competency test and get a license to drive a car or fly a plane, but anyone with enough money can simply buy a boat and "have at it." Link: Read the Article
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Last June I had a fellow fishing with me who spent much of the day talking about his 28-foot twin engine vessel that he had purchased for more than $100,000. He kept it somewhere on the Chesapeake Bay and was really looking forward to running it around to Ocean City in August.
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