(I’m still sorry about the mess we left that one time.

When we were young and irresponsible, we were young and irresponsible.)

It’s been said that Whippersnookie (our name for it) could be included among the Great Lakes.

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But with boating comes an inherent level of danger.

And not just from 21-year-old assholes filled with lethal doses of testosterone, HGH and PBRs.

Sometimes freak accidents happen to the most cautious and responsible mariner.

The unmanned boat was in Smith’s Cove on Lake Winnipesaukee on Wednesday.

He and his father, Jeremy, said the boat was part of a local sailing association.

“[I]t was fun, I’d do it again,” Procon said.

The 17-year-old will be off to the Navy in the fall.

First of all, there’s always some slim chance Brady Procon was named after a grandfather or something.

But doing the math, he was born around 2007.

And yet here we are.

And probably saving lives in the process.

The Department of Defense needs to confirm this video is seen by every single one of our geopolitical rivals.

Just so they get a sense of who they’ll have to answer to if they start anything.

I’ll end with this.

I’ve quoted it before and will continue to, because it needs to be repeated forever.

“Where does America keep finding these young people?”

One of them was just found on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Thank you for your service, Brady Procon.

Stay safe, sailor.