[QUOTE=Mike Bolinger;191511]even better yet who better qualified to run any boat from a fucking kayak to an OSV but a “work boat man”.
Who do you want on the bridge when SHTF and… [/QUOTE]
The expression is all hat and no cattle. However you’ve got the cattle you’re still gonna want to have the hat. A captain that is both competent and polished is going to do better than competent and unpolished.
At sea you need to be able to back it up but most people judge things by appearance, just the way it is.