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Similar place on the Central California coast, Morro Bay, a kind of touristy town with hard working locals in the fishing and related industries, a few hours drive north of LA. Dead engine, dying wind, trying to navigate the channel entrance with a following swell breaking on the bar, the Harbor...

Please forgive the diversion. I can certainly see how a following wave would yank that rudder around like a barn door in a hurricane. I wonder if a semi balanced spade would fare better?    OK, I’ll shut up now. Great thread BTW.

So, in or first years of boat ownership it was pretty much D/R which, in SoCal is hardly a challenge. Our first trip was to China Cove on San Clemente Island, followed by the back side of Catalina and then home. Rounding Castle Rock on the north side of San Clemente, I set a course for Cat...

There was a study a few years back of twenty somethings and their inability to locate themselves on a globe. One of them was a geography major in college! I suppose it would only be fair to repeat the study with boomers. Might not do much better. 

Over reliance on technology at the expense of learning the fundamentals is an even bigger problem in aviation. I won’t bore you with examples. They are ubiquitous (and deadly).

Is that all tied to that ceremony when the head starts to flush clockwise thing? Just asking for a friend.