This short article in the current Soundings, by a former USCG rescue swimmer, offers some clear-eyed advice:
http://www.soundingsonline.com/componen ... ter-021017
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
? Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
http://www.soundingsonline.com/componen ... ter-021017
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
? Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows