safety

Is this boat overloaded?  Spotted on GLSM on Memorial Day weekend 2015.  Watercraft Officer stopped the boat.  Owner said it was rated for 15 and he only had 12 on board.  All had life jackets available.  Officer discussed weight vs. headcount and owner left the lake.  Looked overloaded to me...

U.S. boating deaths second-lowest on record   National Association of State Boating Law Administrators May 14, 2015  Filed under News 610 people died in recreational boating accidents in 2014, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Coast Guard. This marks the second lowest number of...

I have a 21 SLX, 2 tube, under sheeting, with strakes, cable steering, and a 115 HP Yamaha on order. I've read some very negative things on this forum and elsewhere about strakes on the outside of the toons. Things like it steers too flat, won't lean at all in a turn, too hard to steer, and of...