"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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wrote in
ups.com:
Right now, if a cop sees some 16 year old kid running a boat while some
14 or 15 year old is teak surfing...
Here's hoping you never answer a knock on your door to learn that a kid
or a grandkid was killed while doing something others would consider
"stupid".
Why would I permit unsupervised minors to operate a boat?
A 16 year old can go drive the car without an adult in it. Most of the teak
surfing deaths are probably the 18-30's. And I and my friends got to drive
the boats with out adults aboard 45-50 years ago, and few did not survive
the experience. First fatal accident I saw, was a 25 year old drunk, that
left the dock full throttle in a Vee drive and ran over a couple in a small
fishing boat while still in the 5 mph zone.