There’s a REASON why guns should be banned too.
And people make awful bad decisions in the thrall of bad motives, like greed, lust, fame. So let’s REGULATE more. We need statists standing over our shoulder in EVERY aspect of life, protecting us!
Sail all you want. I’m for it! I’ve done it! I’ve sailed Panama-Hawaii-Guam solo, and Guam-Cali nonstop. I can speak to this! I was still a teen when I was third crew on a 33 foot wood sloop from Bermuda-Azores-Ireland. I know whereof I speak!
And I’m all for it! If you want to sail to Antarctica on a windsurfer, I’m all for it! Go for it!
But NOT if your sole “emergency plan” is to push the button on an EPIRB, and have the world rush to rescue your foolish and unprepared self.
Not needed. Public disapproval should be enough to stop people from foolishly risking young lives for personal benefit.
I guess I missed the call for regulation. Instead, what is needed is a reinstatement of responsibility. The Law of Consequences is all that’s needed here. You will get rescued but it will cost you if your conduct was reckless and the trouble foreseeable.