Just make sure everything is up to date/displayed and have all the required safety gear,the rangers will be out this wknd heavy...
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Thinking About Getting Into Boating!
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I will be providing the entertainment this weekend.UM,I think he will be the one getting watched this first time...
Sounds like mine, I've had it since 88
POST UP SUM PICS OF THAT BADBOY OP... 
WHAT's HER NAME?
WHAT's HER NAME?
If you are a boating noob...
- Take a boating safety course.
- Take an experienced boater on your first outing.
- Make sure your safety gear is complete, and your registration and decals are in order; tickets on the water aren't any more fun than they are on land.
- Watch some videos on boat launching and recovery. Pay attention to etiquette. Noob boaters snarl boat ramps with long lines and get everybody pissed.
- Learn how to drive your boat safely, and by that I mean start slow and learn how it behaves at different throttle and trim. You'd be amazed how hurt people can get when you hit a wake or a wave at the wrong angle, wrong trim, wrong speed.
- Ditto with watersports: Don't tow tubers or skiers until you know your boat and how to drive it well.
- Stay away from other boats, docks, etc. Go find as uncrowded a spot as you can to get some experience driving.
- Don't boat at night until you have accumulated some experience.
- If you have no experience and you want to boat on a holiday weekend: Go out at first light. You'll only be among fisherman who will scatter from the ramp as soon as they launch, and the water will be calm and uncrowded for a few hours. Good time to learn some basics. Get off the water by 10am. The ramp will get crowded after that.
EDITED TO ADD: Watch the weather. Stay off the water if it's bad, or a high chance of going bad.
- Take a boating safety course.
- Take an experienced boater on your first outing.
- Make sure your safety gear is complete, and your registration and decals are in order; tickets on the water aren't any more fun than they are on land.
- Watch some videos on boat launching and recovery. Pay attention to etiquette. Noob boaters snarl boat ramps with long lines and get everybody pissed.
- Learn how to drive your boat safely, and by that I mean start slow and learn how it behaves at different throttle and trim. You'd be amazed how hurt people can get when you hit a wake or a wave at the wrong angle, wrong trim, wrong speed.
- Ditto with watersports: Don't tow tubers or skiers until you know your boat and how to drive it well.
- Stay away from other boats, docks, etc. Go find as uncrowded a spot as you can to get some experience driving.
- Don't boat at night until you have accumulated some experience.
- If you have no experience and you want to boat on a holiday weekend: Go out at first light. You'll only be among fisherman who will scatter from the ramp as soon as they launch, and the water will be calm and uncrowded for a few hours. Good time to learn some basics. Get off the water by 10am. The ramp will get crowded after that.
EDITED TO ADD: Watch the weather. Stay off the water if it's bad, or a high chance of going bad.
I love my boat. I got a brand new Yamaha jet and we have enjoyed it. Maintenance is easy and we are on the water every other weekend usually when it is warm. I even work from the cove some days. We do tow sports with the boys and have a lot of fun with the family, but some of my favorite days are when I just cut out and chill on the lake.
We have taken it to the FL Keys, Cape Canaveral, Port St. Joe, Lanier, Allatoona, Burton, Hartwell, Carters. Always a good time.
We have taken it to the FL Keys, Cape Canaveral, Port St. Joe, Lanier, Allatoona, Burton, Hartwell, Carters. Always a good time.
That's where the real memories are made
100000% this. Take your time launching and recovering too if you're new. That's where a good bit of mishaps happen for first timers. I mean, don't hog up the docks and piss everyone off, but take your time and do it right. Maybe practice backing up your trailer somewhere else first too...
