| Generosity is contagious. This is a maxim that often | | | | who's the weighed. And this is something you always |
| times loses its meaning on commonplace encounter | | | | wish to bring when going out on the waters. This is |
| with various people but in some manner finds its | | | | not the rule but it is always best to drop and let the |
| essence on waters. If you have done some hours | | | | other guys pass, despite who has the right-of-way. |
| boating out in the sea, you understand what I mean. | | | | Each time I set to the waters, I always observe this |
| If you're new to boating, you will be amazed how | | | | variety of behavior is a collective manner. Everyone |
| boaters treat other boaters as compared to drivers | | | | seems to sink to others - not because they know |
| on freeway or even around your neighborhood. | | | | the rules but more because they are inclined to treat |
| Boaters are more polite, giving, courteous and even | | | | boaters as neighbors on identical water. Moreover, |
| helpful to other boaters. Correct etiquette is always | | | | there is always that help-your neighbor policy that |
| seasoned. And although many boaters didn't take any | | | | rules everyone. Actually, this is a legal rule but |
| boating safety course, they are mindful of the things | | | | boaters who are unconscious that this is a rule tend |
| to do and the means to act on every situation. | | | | to apply it each time or a minimum of when they are |
| Common sense - the unwritten rule on boating and a | | | | on the waters. |
| need to have if you wish to survive on waters. | | | | This seems sensible because if you require |
| Should there be an enquiry of right-of-way, frequent | | | | assistance, you need someone to finish and render |
| sense will always tell you to give it to the other guy | | | | you some help. But boaters do this not because they |
| in spite of who is privileged and who is weighed. In | | | | treat others as a means (helping others just because |
| boating, everybody seems to know this and for | | | | they expect others to aid them) but as an ends |
| some good reasons, everyone seems to consciously | | | | (simply helping because it is the proper thing to do). |
| employ everyday sense and settle to others. | | | | To be honest, seeing boaters helping one other |
| I am in a position to relate this to a story I have | | | | boater to tow his boat to the shore or fix a boat, |
| listened to not so earlier. Two guys were casually | | | | occasionally for several hours, can drive me crazy in a |
| boating holding their way at 4 miles per hour. A large | | | | good way. If I anchored several hundred yards |
| cruiser was coming to their rear. Logically, the large | | | | faraway from the chief pack, it will only be just a |
| cruiser, since it was the weighted down, had to yield | | | | matter of time when someone will approach me to |
| while the casual boaters can hold their line because | | | | ask if everything is okay or yell from the distance |
| they were privileged. Still, everyday sense prevailed | | | | "Out of gas?" or "Need some help?" |
| to the privileged ones, realizing that they can grow | | | | General rules are good but they are more useful |
| into trouble and yielded for the large boat. | | | | when legal disputes are required. On waters, always |
| This is not an isolated incident. Most boaters are | | | | play defensive to avoid collisions, create harmony |
| more inclined on employing their common sense than | | | | with other boaters, and always be ready to give |
| enforcing the principle of who's the privileged and | | | | others help. |