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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

I believe that my children (now all in their 20's) are much better, and aware, boat drivers due to this rule. All of them had the opportunity to drive our boat throughout their early teen years. But always with me standing right beside them, ready to grab the steering wheel or throttle if necessary. In that position, I could also point out approaching boats, buoys, etc and teach them the "rules of the road". As a result, by the time they received their boating certificates, they knew the rules, the etiquettes, and the best practices while driving a boat.

As always, the issue isn't necessarily a bad rule but bad implementation by the few.

I would guess that Winnisquamer wasn't so much against underage supervised being allowed but of age legal not being able to be supervised.