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Cheechako · 18-06-2009, 13:03

will a license make things safer? A friend of mine with 30 years boating experience, (has sailed to OZ and back from west coast US etc) once ran into a mid channel bouy smack on. He had set his GPS/Autopilot to the location of the Mid channel bouy! I guess he should have had a license or maybe one of those certified sailing courses....
By the way, those Red and Green lights sure look pretty at night, but why do they leave the Christmas decorations up all year?

18-06-2009, 13:03	#6
Cheechako Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Skagit City, WA Boat: Fellippi 32 Posts: 2,205	I guess that is the point... will a license make things safer? A friend of mine with 30 years boating experience, (has sailed to OZ and back from west coast US etc) once ran into a mid channel bouy smack on. He had set his GPS/Autopilot to the location of the Mid channel bouy! I guess he should have had a license or maybe one of those certified sailing courses.... By the way, those Red and Green lights sure look pretty at night, but why do they leave the Christmas decorations up all year?