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Thanks for all the advise guys! Any words of wisdom for what the wifey can help with? She's not the most mechanically inclined gal, and, if I let her back the boat in while I'm at the helm, I'm afraid she'd float both boat and Tahoe!
No, seriously, She and I am complete ameratures and I'd like her, and even the kids to help more, but where do I start without getting in too deep and causing damage to the boat or flooding the Tahoe? I have a great friend that was asked to set anchor, so he did... But didnt tie off after tossing in (no, not my boat!!!)
No, seriously, She and I am complete ameratures and I'd like her, and even the kids to help more, but where do I start without getting in too deep and causing damage to the boat or flooding the Tahoe? I have a great friend that was asked to set anchor, so he did... But didnt tie off after tossing in (no, not my boat!!!)
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Why don't you and your wife go to a ramp on a weekday in the middle of the day and just practice. When I first met my girlfriend (now my wife) I hooked everything up and took the truck, boat, and girl to a park with a huge parking lot and showed her how to back up a boat. Now she's the girl backing across 3 lanes to get to the open spot to avoid the idiots taking there time
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[QUOTE=Shag555;3691283]Thanks for all the advise guys! I let her back the boat in while I'm at the helm, I'm afraid she'd float both boat and Tahoe!
don't worry. the tahoe won't float.
don't worry. the tahoe won't float.
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If you need practice backing, go to just about any commercial office park area on the weekend, and it will be deserted. Then practice backing down a dead end street, and then into a driveway ramp. Repeat that a number of times. If the boat gets going too far in the wrong direction, you can just pull forward until it straightens out, and try again.
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Last edited by Michael1; 05-19-2012 at 06:29 PM.
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I don't have any anxiety or any issues, its a piece of cake i love it when people look at me and go damn how did you do that and make it look so easy, people really make it a serious production sometimes, best advise is have everything checked before hand, and if your really nervous throw your fenders and lines on the floor or in the back of pickup to make sure you know where they are, I often leave a separate set of lines in the back of pickup
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I have forgotten to put the drain plug in on one launch. What I do now is have a plug with a hole on the end so that it attaches to my ignition key ring. Another good thing to have, is a spare plug on the boat, just so when you do forget, you just grab the plug, jump in and place the spare in the hole (engine off of course), tighten with a pre-fitted wrench. Yes I had to do this once also. Practice is good , check lists are great.
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I have forgotten to put the drain plug in on one launch. What I do now is have a plug with a hole on the end so that it attaches to my ignition key ring. Another good thing to have, is a spare plug on the boat, just so when you do forget, you just grab the plug, jump in and place the spare in the hole (engine off of course), tighten with a pre-fitted wrench. Yes I had to do this once also. Practice is good , check lists are great.
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It just takes practice, before you know it it won't bother you anymore. I usually park at the ramp take my tie downs off put ropes and bumpers on then back up to the ramp. Just take your time.