Course Detail
Skill Builder – Open Water Maneuvering Fundamentals Large (p)
Training Type: Private
Training On: Your Boat 26 Feet and Up
Capacity: Max of 4 Students
Duration/Age: 3 Hours/12+
Designed For: Experienced Boaters who want to touch up existing boating skills
Handling your boat on plane is a skill you must have as a safer boater, and if are not sure what planning is, don’t think you can recognize plowing mode, or don’t know how to trim your engine, then this is the course for you. You will learn both simple and advanced planning techniques to come up to plane, handling waves & wakes and several other maneuvering techniques that will keep your family safe and your boat undamaged.
- Recognizing Plowing Mode
- Transitioning to/from Planing Mode
- Crossing Waves in Planing Mode
- Avoidance Turns ("S" Turn) on Plane
- and more...
This entire course is taught on the water and will teach you the basic parts of the boat, rules of the water, operating instructions, handling waves & wind, and safety checklists.
As a wise old captain once quipped, "Its cheaper to learn how to do it right the first time, instead of paying to repair the damage to someone else's boat"
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