In Station Maine we have three rules of Seamanship.
1) Hit is bad.
Hitting rocks, hitting the dock, hitting each other’s oars, fill in the blank.
2) Cover your mate’s back, because some day he’s going to have to cover yours.
Everyone coxes, everyone pulls every position, and everyone makes mistakes. A wise crew takes care of each other on and off the water.
3) There’s always something you can do.
Don’t tell me that the wind was against you and the rocks just showed up and there was nothing you could do. Do something. Hold water. Back water. Throw an anchor. Get out and push. The sea has no time for victims. The ones who survive are the ones who don’t give up.
Even if our students learn nothing else, if they understand and embrace these three rules their lives will be different.
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