On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 09:15 -0700, David Cragg wrote:
> Having said that I totally agree that potential owners should hire first - > if only because that way they get some instruction. Mind you even there I > notice a definite deterioration in effort. One instructor told me they have > so many boats now that they simply send the video or 'how to' book and, on > arrival, get people to sign that they have read it rather than take them out > as they used to. The taking out only happens if you pay extra and it reduces > holiday time... > On Easter Sunday we at our mooring doing some odd jobs around the boat. During the afternoon we were passed by eight boats, six hire boats (4 Viking Afloat, 1 Bookline, 1 Alvechurch) and two private boats. All the hire boats slowed down (though one a bit late), neither of the private boats slowed down, and even hit us even though the was plenty of room to get past! Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
