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Boating, Pass It On

Readers had a strong reaction to Editor-in-Chief Dan Harding’s April column about a big decline in the interest in boating among younger generations. Following are some of the responses we received:

Boats are expensive to buy, own and maintain. Slips are hard to find. And many/most people use them infrequently. I have seen a lot of boats with less than 50 hours a year on them. Having talked to many friends who recently sold their boats, they estimated it cost them $2,000 or more per hour of actual use.