Blissboat
Guru
A legislator from south Florida has filed a bill that would require proof of boating safety education for all boaters, not just those of a certain age, and would require insurance for alcohol offenders:
https://floridapolitics.com/archive...heme-require-insurance-for-alcohol-offenders/
It's a start. 40 years ago I dismissed ideas like this as a waste. But 60 years of boating in and around Florida has convinced me that mandatory boater licensing, with an education requirement, is overdue. Like most on TF (I expect), I don't feel that I particularly need any new boating safety education, but if this becomes law I'll be the first to sign up. I just hope the training is sufficiently rigorous to make an impression on all the truly ignorant, reckless folks who somehow get behind the wheel of boats.
https://floridapolitics.com/archive...heme-require-insurance-for-alcohol-offenders/
It's a start. 40 years ago I dismissed ideas like this as a waste. But 60 years of boating in and around Florida has convinced me that mandatory boater licensing, with an education requirement, is overdue. Like most on TF (I expect), I don't feel that I particularly need any new boating safety education, but if this becomes law I'll be the first to sign up. I just hope the training is sufficiently rigorous to make an impression on all the truly ignorant, reckless folks who somehow get behind the wheel of boats.