So because south fla sucks, the entire country is broken?
2 weeks ago I was coming into Tampa, 525 ft long, 75 ft wide, 21-6 draft and a group of kayaks are crossing the channel.... 1 turtles dead ahead of me about 3/4 of a mile away. Lucky for me he got back in and out the way.
Not even 15 minutes before that, a pontoon boat in a rush to get to the beach cuts my bow so close, I can't see him. Imagine if his single engine would have stalled....
The week before that, I'm coming out of Big Bend in Tampa and a center console loaded with a family stops in the middle of the channel, 75 yards off my bow so he can set up his approach to Beer Can Island. I have plenty of stupid stories, but those are from just 1 hitch. Notice the common theme, average people who can go out and buy a boat with know knowledge and no idea how to read their surroundings.
I'm all for everyone having a USCG license. Let's go further.... Renew every 5 years, full physicals and drug tests as well. Pay to play and get some stupidity off the water.
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