Originally posted by paddlefoo
Having boated for 13 years...I have to say that is one tradition I find utterly disgusting. In my circles if you swim...you buy beer for the rest of the crew. I would rather drink free beer than watch someone drink out of a bootie. A much better tradition in my opinion.
Exactly. The crew I started boating with did the same thing.
Drinking free beer seems a lot more fun than watching someone do something disgusting for two minutes
But, to each his own......