There are people who have gone out and bought boats and motors

[GulfCoast66]

5. I have been boating all my life

Everything for a kayak, a 12 foot bateau to a 24 foot center console. And to me it is easy. And apparently you are in the same boat as I.

But before you contend again they are easy to maneuver, spend a few hours at your local boat ramp watching all the noobs trying to launch and then land their boats. After spending 20 minutes trying to back the trailer down the ramp, the make every mistake in book on the easiest part of boating...getting it into the water. And I could write a novel on watching them trying to land.

Now take that level of competence, or lack there of and transfer it to flooded roads with hidden signs, cars, poles and even fire hydrants in rapidly flowing water. That, my friend is a recipe for disaster.

Operating a small boat in rapidly moving water is very tricky. And that does not even mention trying to get scared, panicked and often overweight people into the boat without cutting them up with the prop that you forget to put into neutral because you cannot figure out how to approach the person with the current working against you.

Have a nice evening.