Boats are like an accident just waiting to happen.
Launching, recovery, towing, and even in the water.
I had a 17 foot runabout for a while, and I can't count how many near death experiences I had with it.
I have another acronym for boat:
Bet On Another Tragedy.
I've been boating most all of my life. Owned a motorized punt when I was 10 years old. Owned my own ski boat at 17 years old. I now own a fleet of about 5 large watercraft plus assorted canoes, kayaks and a Pond Prowler.
29 foot sailboat, 27 foot cabin cruiser, two ski boats and a GT 150 James Bond Live or Let Die runabout.
Never came close to a disaster in any of them any different than the close calls I regularly avoid in driving my cars or trucks. No matter which you enjoy, stupid or carelessness do not belong in either form of transportation.
Post 22 is the only unavoidable reality of boat ownership. To that possibility, I plead guilty. BTW, they build those Bankruptcy kits just down the street from my packaging plant. Temptation beyond belief.