[Bear Islander]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

1) For a test that everybody passes, how does this proposed legislation "make things better"?

2) We've been repeatedly warned how dangerous renters, sailboats and kayaks have become in this last decade—yet the rental of sailboats and kayaks are entirely exempted from in-water testing!

...but maybe—not for much longer!...

Like I said it's easy to take pot shots at temporary certificates.

Temporary certificates are a bad idea in my opinion. But that is NOT the question here. Getting ride of these certificates has been tried and failed. So what do we do now?

The reasonable answer is to tighten up the certificate process, make them harder to get and give the boater some in the water training.

The irresponsible answer is to fight this legislation because it doesn't go as far as we would wish.

The world is not black and white. Sometimes you have to compromise and except a small victory. Then hope for a bigger victory in the future.