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I think it is even more important to practice good seamanship and keep oneself aboard the boat if the only other people aboard are young children. Take a moment to think about how your kids, nieces, nephews, etc, would feel if you fell aboard and drowned and they could do nothing about it.... or worse, what if you fell aboard and the now unguided sailboat hit something and sank, and the kids drowned...
Given what has been said in the various powerboat-sailboat collision threads.... I would think that one would have a very vested interest in staying aboard, if not for one's own safety, at least to ensure the safety of their passengers.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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