Kevin wrote:

> If your going to combine the two, which I think is a
> good idea, I think you should go with the title of
> "Boating" rather than "Sailing".  Boating is more
> general and refers to all water craft.  Sailing is
> restrictive by it's definition to only boats with a
> sail.  Just a thought.

The captain of a man-of-war, clipper, or prirate ship may have a problem with 
his skill or vessel being refered to as "boat".

And I don't think that "boating" fits paddling a raft very well either, mostly 
because of the motorboat connotation the term has.

So, "Sailing" should refer to the skill used to pilot all watercraft with sail.

We need a name for the non-sail watercraft piloting skill, which includes 
rafts, canoes, a chunk of a log, etc.  "Water Movement" is taken, and 
"Watercraft" does not fit with the names of all the other skills.  To keep 
things simple as possible, I do not want to break it up into "Canoeing", 
"Rafting", "Hanging on to a log for Dear Life", etc.

Will have to think about that...

Joe