11. Always make sure the ice chest is full of beer. Otherwise your trip might be ruined when you can’t say, “Hold my beer and watch this.”
12. You will find a metal plate on the transom with a lot of unnecessary verbiage and a horsepower rating. This is the minimum needed. Make sure your engine exceeds this number by a large factor.
13. despite what some say, marijuana should always be on board. Because it slows reaction times, you may arrive at the scene of the accident late enough to prevent it.
14. some jurisdictions in California, as the leader in enlightenment, allow psychedelics and opiates. Safe boaters should get ahead of the curve on this.