Youthful indiscretion is one thing but failure to realize that when you get older, you tend to have put on a few pounds and your balance aint what it used to be.
About 15 years ago I had some work mates up to the lake and they wanted to go on a boat ride. Well we hauled the 14 horse Scott motor out of the garage and slipped my 14' Sears aluminum from it's shore berth into the water. One of my mates paddled the boat from the beach over to the dock where I figured would be a good place to get the engine started. Well, I stepped with one foot onto the stern bench and lost my balance as I planted my second foot. A few rock and rolls port to starboard and I swamped the boat and my mate into about 5 feet of water.
My skippermanship was forever lost in front them and hence it prompted me to offer them a ride on an unswampable boat. I paid for 3 round trip tickets on the Mount.
