yes, well good luck with that one... the charter companies still seem to follow the philosphy of "got a credit card?... ok cool, here's your boat!" and "call us when you have problems!"

I don't know how much substance there is to their briefings, but I'm guessing not much since they don't even seem to bother telling them they don't monitor VHF 16... If I had a dollar for every time I had to listen to "Moorings monitors channel 12 and channel 12 only!" <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />

You would think the charter companies would be more accountable, especially when someone rips planks off the dock and sinks a dinghy, but doesn't care because "it's insured". Maybe the companies need to hold more of a cash damage deposit instead of just making a sale on extra insurance... I would think that would tend to make people more cautious since you'd think they'd want to get their deposit refunded... which of course wouldn't happen if they damaged something along the way... seems pretty simple...