Two deaths...gruesome injuries...all from operator error and teen inexperience.
One of them later formed the basis for the legislature to pass the Boat Operator license law here in Alabama.
They still happen.
A license does not an expert make.
A mate in Delaware just two weeks ago was killed by cutting a lobster line from the boats’ propeller; the Captain put it in gear apparently, during the operation and cracked the guy on the head with an eight ton boat. Bye, bye.
Spent a few years working on Lake Powell.
Once went a month with a medi-vac a day.
Almost all teenagers
Almost all involved alcohol.