Boating Classes

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by jrc

So you are saying that the Department will deny docking improvements for elderly boaters and instead tell them to take boating classes?

Seems reasonable. It's like driving a car, and if a persons motor skills have degraded to the effect that they cannot perform basic maneuvers safely, then they probably need to stop operating.

It's not like we're talking about docks made out of balsa wood and elmers glue here. Most of the docks I've come across on the lake are engineered to handle a decent load, plus some extra beefiness for the occasional mishap. If an individual is continuously damaging the docks, the problem does not lie with the dock...