As in life, there are always rules that lead us to success.
Some of these rules are carved in stone while others are carved in bulkheads of
boats. These later rules have been preserved for our benefit below;
Pleasure Boating Rules
- Rule #1 - Pleasure boating should be pleasurable and safe.
- Rule #2 - Pleasure boating allows you to experience some of the most beautiful places and associate with some outstanding people on the planet.
- Rule #3 - A good first mate can make the captain look good, an untrained mate can do just the opposite.
- Rule #4 - If the mate is not having fun, there won’t be much boating.
- Rule #5 - It is the captain’s responsibility to train his crew so that they have fun.
- Rule #6 - If the crew is not comfortable with what is expected of them, it is the crew’s responsibility to request training.
- Rule #7 - Satisfaction with pleasure boating increases as the captain and crew gain experience and becomes familiar with the activities associated with handling the boat and managing her systems.
- Rule #8 - The frequency and duration of your boating adventures is in direct proportion to the confidence the captain and crew share.
- Rule #9 - The joy that comes from the shared experiences while boating create some of life’s most memorable experiences.
- Rule #10 is a poem with an important message….
“On an ancient wall in
China where a brooding Buddha winks, deeply graven is this message: “It’s later
than you think."
The clock of life is
wound but once and no man has the power to know just when those hands will
stop, at late or early hour.
Now is all the time you own, the past a golden blink. Go boating now my brothers; "It's later than you think."
