How to loose ten bucks...fast!

Two of our yacht club members were looking forward to introducing their new girlfriends to life on board. It would be the girls’ first time on a boat so our two chaps decided to bet each other on what the girls’ first question might be. One bet ‘Hey, where are the brakes on this thing?’ and the other, ‘What’s the pointed end called?’ My how they laughed as they both put down a $5 bill on the chart table – winner take all.
At last the girls arrived and had a good look around the boat. The guys waited in eager anticipation when eventually one of the girls asked, ‘Tell me, what are those two $5 bills doing on the chart table?’

Safety or the Environment?

The OPP’s finest have had a fun time on the Lake this summer, running around in their super-charged patrol boats. I’ve been stopped twice and it certainly wasn’t for speeding! At least they were polite and friendly while checking my yacht had the correct minimum safety gear on board for a vessel of its length. (They even checked the flares were inside the 'four years from date of manufacture' requirement). But here’s the eyebrow raiser. Having determined who the skipper was, they then asked ‘What proof of competency can you provide?’ Think about it.

However, the US Coastguard feels it has different issues to check out. While the OPP were concerning themselves with making sure one had a buoyant heaving line no less than 15 meters and a waterproof flashlight on board, amongst other safety items, the US Coastguard dives straight down to the bilges. Are they clean or full of dirty, oily water? And what’s more to the point, where’s the mess going? Not in their waters! And you better not have installed that sneaky little ‘Y’ valve between the head and the holding tank switched to overboard discharge! So, on one side of the Lake, ‘safety’, the other, ‘environmental’. Discuss!