• @Ledivin
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          31 day ago

          … do you think the engine is the only part that needs maintenance?

            • @[email protected]
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              01 day ago

              There are many failure modes on a boat.

              An engine failure can mean running around on rocks and wrecking the hull, or a failure of a through hull fitting can flood the boat, or a failure of the hull itself.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 day ago

                And a loss of brakes can put you over a cliff in a car.

                All these failures are the same types of failures a car can have.

                Cars can get you stranded and trapped.

                None of what you stated makes boats any more dangerous than cars.

                • @[email protected]
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                  024 hours ago

                  OK? The point was, there’s a lot of failure modes that result in the boat sinking, which is an inherently bad situation to be in.

                  Whereas most of the ways a car can fail you result in being stranded

                  • @[email protected]
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                    23 hours ago

                    And there are as many failure modes that can cause harm to the *operator of a car.

                    The point is, when the engine dies you don’t drown.

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