Why Boat Insurance Doesn't Help A Lousy Sailor

"Why Boat Insurance Doesn't Help A Lousy Sailor"one ofthose people that Dramamine was invented for.
- by John EdwardsonI get seasick watchinga pirate movie or riding a
For thousands of years men have sailed the seas.Washington State Ferry, that is hardly arough ride at
From the earliesttrips by the discoverers and settlerssea.
of the Americas, Australia andthe Pacific Islands,It is usually as steady as a stroll in the park. When my
through Odysseus' voyage to Troy and beyond tothefamily goesfor a good time on the water I am waving
time of Swashbucklers in the Caribbean mankind hasmerrily from the shore. Whyan I happy? I know that
made excitingvoyages to the far corners of the world.my family will be safe; they use life vests,weather
In those early days hard cold steel and brassradio and GPS and have boat insurance.
protected the men andtheir ships. Today we haveI on the other hand will not be 'feeding the fishes' and
boat insurance, GPS systems, sonar andunderwaterwatching theroll of the horizon waiting for the next
charts.'heave ho'.
While boat insurance is not as glamorous as a fancyAs a young man I was fascinated by everything
cutlass nor asexciting as a cannon it does offer therelated to the sea.
boat owner something that allthe cutlasses andVikings and their ocean riding serpents, pirates and
cannons cannot. It can replace your ship if youlose it. Intheirmagnificent galleons, the US Navy and their valiant
the wild and wooly days of wooden ships and ironships of steelwere all fodder for my young imagination.
men youusually needed one ship to steal another.I loved to dream about the time of cannons and cold
Why not just sail away or blast somebody to flinders ifsteel when menwere men and lived by the code of
they aretrying to steal your boat?the sea. Now we have the GPS, sonarand boat
I must make a confession; I make a terrible sailor. I aminsurance. Still I make a lousy sailor.