camelot said:
Really? WOW, I can only imagine the credit limit the "CCC" must have had that ran his container ship aground at the Rhone site, and holed his cruise ship in Europe.....
My hat is off to anyone who has never had a careless moment and had something untoward happen -- And to those who can afford to pay cash to rent and/or own their own boat to enjoy the islands...
Yes "Credit Card Captain" is a derogatory term. But the term doesn't refer to how a charter was paid for, but rather to the captain's qualifications. As in, what are your qualifications? "I have a credit card"
And does comparing some schmo in a 42' boat to a professional captain on a container or cruise ship mean that everyone makes mistakes? Certainly everyone does!
But I still think it is a bone-headed move to drive over Johnson Reef, and it is the kind of move that could easily have been made by someone whose only qualifications for driving a boat is that they have a credit card. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
