There should be a sign up sheet to take boats out and for new boats only those w/ experience can use them
I'm just lucky I own my own oc1 ......
or maybe people who aren't stupid
being facetious of course, but I don't come with the "experience" some may refer to when this subject comes up a lot, and yet I have never caused damage to any of the boats I've used because I'm careful. I've certainly had the pleasure of using quite a few oc1's that were damaged, so I can appreciate how ****ty that is. i think it goes without saying that people will always respect things more when they have to purchase it themselves
the problem with the experience factor is, at what point is it no longer "new" and the "non-experienced" are able to use it? And who polices that, will they have someone doing loading & assembly testing?
I think if people just own up to it, the problem goes away (or at least you're not hte one stuck with the damaged boat). I actually wonder how many current fcrcc membership know what to do when something on the boat gets damaged? I'm sure there are probably signs up, though honestly i've never seen them; the only reason I know is because during my orientation session I pointed out to the instructor that the rudder was basically **** and later we found the stick wasn't attached properly, so he told me what happens with damaged boats. had that not been the case, i probably wouldn't know either. And a lot of times there isn't anyone around for people to ask.
