Re: New To Boating
Yeah, is that your new boat in your avatar? If it is I need to find me a boyfriend like that and I'm married!!!!! Seriouly though ANY question you can come up with can be answered here. If infact that is your boat you have good reason to be intimidated that is a lot of boat, however like anything else if you apply yourself and practice,practice,practice you will become as good a skipper as anyone else. Start with the safety class then go from there. Maybe you could have a paid skipper come along and explain exactly what he is doing on the more technical stuff,( take notes)then you could take over spend some time just doing basic stuff power up onto plane, bring back down. Toss a jacket or noodle into the water(open without a ton of boats around) and practice coming up to it like it were the dock. Spend as much time as possible just being in control of the boat, watching guages, feeling how a boat reacts to different situations, how long it takes to stop, etc. Get your boyfriend involved as well another set of hands are always better than one. Also make yourself checkoff lists, even tape them to the helm where you can see them. That way you won't forget something important and its always there for reference, keep a captians log and jot down things you learn, need to work on, need to ask questions about etc. It may sound weird but if you can write things down when you experience them it helps you remember the order of operation. Good luck and welcome to the best hobby/pastime in the world.
