We've Got a 'Deal' With Rescue Agencies. Let's Not Blow It, Says Veteran Voyager

Too Many Boaters Are Unprepared for Ordinary Challenges

A Coast Guard vessel responds to an emergency at sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

This is a story about a “deal,” one of those unstated guidelines that communities generate. Nowadays, we really need to state the unstated because we are seeing too many recreational boaters failing to live up to their end of the bargain.

The deal is this: We go to sea in boats…