Jim Riley

Sometimes even boaters have a train to catch and wish to make progress without undue hindrance and within the speed limits. Who are you to hold them up?

Neither do I, gives me a banging head. Blow your own trumpet? We have some experts on here.

My understanding is that Volockies are trained to ask if the boater needs help before taking action, if the answer is "whack em up" then fine. You are handing control to the volockie in saying that the boater should anticipate the actions of someone on the bank. No one is suggesting that the volockie is relegated to gongoozler status, allowing them to rush in is relegating the boater to gongoozler. It's about appropriate and prompt communication while respecting the wishes of the boater.

CRT are presuming a degree of literacy.

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