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Originally Posted by spence
No, I'd assume they have statistics that show that smaller boats tend to incur more deaths from people falling overboard.
Which does sort of make sense.
I'm not sure you can argue the "nanny state" on this one. You have taxpayer funded responders who don't get to save this person or not that person simply because of how they're dressed. I'm sure they have data that suggests the most unnecessary deaths, which consume taxpayer resources, are from smaller boats...and distract from the more legitimate cases of responsible boaters in emergency situations.
-spence
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Don't agree.. I may be cruel, but 700 nationwide is a deaths is a drop in the ocean compared to the billions of dollars that is already being spent to maintain these services. They are there anyway so its not really an additional cost.