Here's a 2014, "Why Don't More Americans Know How To Swim" ......
https://www.wpr.org/why-dont-more-am...-know-how-swim ..... from Wisconsin Public Radio.
You know the beach at Ellecoya State Beach in Gilford is 600-feet long, so the State of NH could require a 2400', four beach length, swim test in order to qualify for a motorboat operators license.
If you want to drive a motorboat, you would need to pass this Ellacoya 4-laps, 2400' swim test, swam just out beyond the swim area, outer rope line.
This would encourage all these FAT and LAZY, non-swimming motor-boaters to become better swimmers. ....