Beginner's guide to driving a small boat
In this video I go through the basics of driving an outboard-powered runabout boat (or "tinnie" as we call them locally.) This includes judging your speed, leaving and approaching a pontoon, manoeuvring in a confined space, navigating in a channel and driving between moorings. We also explore techniques such as using a deck line to spring on or off a pontoon when weather gets bad. This is a great way to avoid running into trouble when the wind picks up as it does by the end of this video.
If you are new to boating and looking for a few pointers before heading out on the water this video is a good place to start, but even if you are more experienced you might still learn something from this one. Learning to handle a boat can be a lot of fun, and there is always something new to discover so be sure to post your own tips in the comments as well!
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Lesson #1 = YOU ARE NOT DRIVING. Driving is operating a motor vehicle "ON LAND"
Great vid! I'm a newbie at 65, and now that my boat is wrapped up for the winter I'm trying to sharpen my boating skills virtually, and this is a great help. Thanks so much, and greetings from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, USA!
Hi what worries me is people think they can just watch one or two videos then buy a boat, WRONG. it's best to start from learning all of the safety aspects first, learn to tie a life jacket, learn about shock in cold water, do the first-aid course, then a RYA course stay safe
just bought my first boat and your videos have been so helpful to me from winterizing and changing spark plugs in a 2-stroke outboard to everything I need to know about the water thank you
This video helped me a lot when hiring a small boat in Italy about 5 years ago. I’m about to hire another today so I’m glad I found this video again so I can re-watch it.
What boat is this?
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I always come back to this video every few months for a friendly refresher!
this guy actually taught me how to drive a boat
I haven't operated a boat in almost 20years AND this video really helped bring back the memories and learned a few new things as well. Thank you for this!
There are things explained here I've never heard explained in other videos. Love the bit about slowing down from planing speed to plowing at 8 knots. A lot of people have the wrong mentality when slowing down. Great, great video!!
I've got my first boat this summer and learn lots of great infos from watching your vids.
When i had my first boat i had no one to show me any thing wish the internet had been around back then would have saved me lots of money on repairs grate video for the novice
We moved to Florida (USA) about 7 years ago and got a fixer-upper on a canal. So much for the "rag sailing" that we did for 5 years along the Eastern Pacific and the Southern Ocean on a 10.4m LOA, deep keel sloop rigged fiberglass boat. The better half and I had our "worldly cruise" and now are retired; but not from boating! So much for history. We just finished a built of a flat bottomed Pacific Power Dory, 6.1m LOA, 2.4m Beam, Ply on Frame, fiberglassed boat for these shallow canals, rivers and bay. The "Night Heron" draws only 18cm and we just launched her. We especially enjoyed this video - it's timeless - and the tips and advise you give makes sense. [BTW, we've seen it a number of times.] As you probably know, handling a 6.1m power boat with a 40hp, 4 stroke Mercury outboard in a fast breeze is quite a task. See. . . even old rag sailors can learn new tricks! Many thanks!!!
Thank you so much for this. I just bought my first ever boat this week and very excited about it, You have given me lots of tools thank you. Also 14 degrees is an absolute heatwave here in Ireland haha
Mate you have been such a help to me I followed you 4 years ago
Great tip cleating one line to pivot on in either scenario. Thanks!
Many, many thanks for this video! It is an excellent introduction and overview of what I learned (and am still learning) the hard way. Really good style of delivery and essential tips! Thanks again mate! Eric (Scotland)
Getting back into boating after a few years away, great refresher. Cheers