Pulling into an area, the odds of unwanted clinging proximity decrease with more turns made and the more gnarly the road choices appear.

Simple flow chart with unpopular choices. Three gnarly turns in a row is pretty solid.

If it’s ugly looking, of course walk it first. Even big puddles will deter weaklings and tweaklings.

Thus I’ve woken in the middle of the night because the moon has come up and I’m surrounded by lowing cows, or being bumped by a bear, or being practically deafened by profound silence (mostly).

MX ?

All of them…

Fuck their fucking cookies.

MX

I posted this in the other thread, and it’s for the US, but ColRegs are international… https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/navigation-rules-amalgamated

Perfect! There will still be boatbuilders there, and there are large wooden boat shops because cheap labor.

Start walking around the docks and looking around for personal boats and builders.

Find out what the indigenous folks use to get around on their own. I bet they mostly ride commercial boats, but there are always people who don’t.

Boats are designed for the waters they ply, different condittions everywhere.

You need ti learn localdesigns and materials, weather and nav conditions, how to repair and maintain, etc. Adding a motor is more learning and complexity, but also convenience.

Woodenboat magazine has a forum, for years there was a restoration thread from Vietnam but the poster passed on. It’s lukely the thread is still there.