Kurt,

You might as well reply to the whole quote.
Something happens to me an my stuff which I don't antipicate about once ever two years.
Basically I was saying not everything is predictable.

You are just commenting about this one example - which is OK, but not the whole story.

To each his own.

: Not all boats need the same thing since environmental conditions
: vary. How the boat is handled is a factor also.

: When I bragged to Uncle Jay that my Outer Island came in a 30.5
: lbs, the first thing I heard back was concern expressed about
: strength. I figured he lives where rocky shorelines are the
: norm, whereas I must literally drive 200 miles to see a
: naturally occurring rock; it's all sand and mud bottoms around
: here, no chance of any seal landing shenanigans. And a few hard
: seasons later, sure enough, no hint of a problem with it. The
: wise builder (and me too) takes external conditions into account
: when engineering the strength factor he needs -- and every boat
: is an assembly of compromises.

: I'm more than a little surprised at the comment saying sooner or
: later everybody loses a boat. I guess we all know WW people are
: half loco, and/or bounced their beans off rocks a few times
: (speaking of rocks again), maybe that's the deal. But I've never
: come close to losing a boat, nor believe it's any kind of
: inevitability. If you use proper rack systems and proper
: tie-down practices, you should never have a problem. The better
: the cradles fit, the less cinching down is necessary (ratchet
: straps -- OMG!!). I just barely snug my boats down, but use only
: top-quality (Yakima) straps.

: Sermon over, hallelujah!