Proof that Boating is Addictive

Willhound

I've always commented to the Admiral (and anyone else that would listen) that I always feel my stress level drop and feel happy and content on the water. Turns out that there is scientific proof that this happens. Discover Boating, a Canadian organization that is supported by the industry and promotes boating commissioned a study to look at the benefits of boating. Here is an info-graphic that reports some of their findings.
http://www.nmma.net/assets/cabinets/Cabinet391/db InfoGraphic_YourBrainOnABoat_CDN_LR - FINAL.pdf

Handymans342

I dont agree. I always have to drive and dock = stress.

reneechris14

You don't have to sell me on the fact. I already have a boat. Boat+ water+fun+dinking= chill 

reneechris14

@Handymans342 I'll come down in Nov. And drive those diesels and dock for you an you can =chill

dalek

"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows -

Handymans342

reneechris14 said:

@Handymans342 I'll come down in Nov. And drive those diesels and dock for you an you can =chill

If I still have it.

LaRea

The graphic is interesting, but largely fact-free.  I hope Wallace's book has more substance than that. 

I mean, c'mon.  We go boating because a human body is 60% water?  Mine is 20% gin when I'm on the boat. 

We are drawn to the water because we like the color blue?!?  He obviously haven't been boating on the muddy Potomac.  If the water here is blue, it means somebody spilled a jug of holding tank deodorant.  

randy56

Boatin, Flootin, Drinkin, Crusin, A bad day on the water is better than a good day at work. 
Fact is @ LaRea your hooked. Blue water, muddy, it's all good. 

Willhound

There is a lot more to the study. I didn't want to bore anyone with details. The whole thing talks about brain waves and a bunch of stuff, but basically it talks about how the wave action, the water, being out in nature and the blue colour all appeals to how our brains developed over the ages.

LaRea

Hooked?  Truth.  We got hooked the first time we anchored our 25 Maxum and experienced the self-rocking rocking chair and the 200-meter buffer from the rest of the world. 

@Willhound - the details would not bore me.  Should I get the book?

Willhound

Well @LaRea here's the book: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mind-Surprising-Healthier-Connected/dp/0316252115
and here's a longer story with links to the whole thing:
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/your-brain-on-a-boat-research-says-boating-improves-creativity-emotional-health-relaxation-1027351147

skennelly

My visit history to this forum is also proof I'm addicted