>> When I read stories by Americans about their trips on inland waterways, they >>seem to always contain unhappy comments about bad manners and unsafe >>practices by other boaters, the very thing the PS courses strive to >>avoid or correct. >>Cheers, Garrett Garrett, I'm a US Power Squadron member and I've cruised the East Coast from about Annapolis, MD to Florida. I'm sad to say that I saw many USPS members cruising as you describe. Many don't seem to absorb the material in the courses. I've heard comments in my own squadron that lead me to believe that I don't want to meet them on the water. I watch them, time and again, go roaring down river past docked boats without slowing, passing without use of either VHF or whistle to announce their presence, etc. Rick Quarles Barric II, Nordic Tug 32-147 New Bern, NC