First off, I think the problems you are concerned about are extremely rare on a small
charter vessel.
Quite different from what might occur in a night club I used to frequent on a Saturday night.
To start with, any small group tour charter sailing course I ever took out,
No booze provided,
There are different attitudes or options about this.
The
sailing school and charter company I worked for, didn’t supply booze, but didn’t object to BYOB.
I often prior to leaving, I would tell people where the cold
beer and wine store was.
As part of my
safety briefing, I would request no smoking, bellow
deck,(the world is stricter now) or when sailing.
I would request no drinking underway, but having a
beer in the evening at Anchorage was ok . I also point out, if anyone is not fit to go sailing in the morning, obviously we can’t go.
Finding nice place to stop near a nice friendly pub or bar was often on the itinerary.
I found I never had a problem most people were, out to enjoy a trip, in the outdoors, and were not there to get drunk.
Having said above, I have gone on a
fishing charter, one of the reasons I went, was so I could relax and enjoy a beer while someone else ran the
boat. Other reason was so I knew where to go when I came back with my own
boat. The point is we to enjoy
fishing, we didn’t go fishing to get drunk.
I can do that a lot cheeper in a bar.
My life choices, I stopped drinking many many years ago, not because I had a problem, I just found I enjoyed life better without getting drunk. Or maybe I just got older. I still enjoy an occasional beer, and if I go fishing with a friend, if I am running the boat I don’t drink. If I’m on a charter, I’m not going on a dry charter, I’m going on one which allows me to bring a 6 pack, in my cooler, just in case it’s a hot day.
My strategy is, By explaining my concerns, asking people to behave responsibly and then trusting them to do so.
I found it works.
With friends or with charter or
sailing school trips.
I have friends who I choose not to take sailing. Sailing
school or charter, it was never a problem.
I have a group of friends who went on a crewed charter to the
Caribbean most of them are professional skippers.
When I wondered why the heck they would hire a crew, to do what they could do themselves?
The answer was quite simple, we are going on holiday and want to have fun without the responsibility. Which included being able to enjoy a drink responsibly.
I suspect sailing with a hangover isn’t a lot of fun or appealing to most people.
I did comment on another thread, I chose to not
work, dinner or booze cruises. I didn’t like being responsible for people who were often drinking a lot. I wasn’t concerned so much about behaviour, more about
safety. There are a number of charter
boats which operate successfully in this market locally. If you have the required
certification to run one. Finding
work is not hard,
Despite my concerns, I don’t know of any accidents.