safety topic

along with boating comes safety, would it be a good idea to start a safety topic on its own? alot of guys are new to boats and one thing that always is overlooked is safety issues including what you need on the boat, it would just make people more aware of safety issues including operating and repairing

Sounds like a good idea, although I'm not sure we need it on our lake...Every driver I see out there has safety as priority one...head turned around watching their tuber the whole time making sure they're safe, and even standing up or sitting on the back of the seat just in case they need to jump in after somebody. Maybe someday one of these boat manufacturers will figure it out and start making boats with the driver's seat facing backwards. Until then we'll all just have to be extra careful.

I am curious about these these older tournament boats I see on the lake converted to wakeboard boats by adding 1000 plus lbs of weight. Just doesn't seem safe to me for the passengers or their boats.           

Ok..tips one thru 4

1. Buy a new mirror to supplement the one on the dash.


http://skidim.com/prodinfo.asp?number=M1C

2. Throw out the original throttle on your boat without the safety catch.

3. Put a 3-4" riser under the driver seat.

4. Whenever the boat is not in gear the button is out on the throttle.

BP,
I like your idea about a driver seat riser. At 6'3" I feel too low in the seat of my 88 2001. I will do an advanced search to figure out the best way you all have come up with to accomplish this task. Sometimes it's the obvious.   

ammer- i dont have 80k to blow on a boat that i use a few months out of the year, so i choose to add weight to acheive a decent wake...without adding wake the wake for boarding is just not there..i have 3 sacs that is approx 1200 lbs...capacity plate says 1200 lbs..so im really not that far over, and im sure that number is very low due to liability issues with cc...hows the weight a safety issue with passengers?..more worried about the other idiots out there

Always check the capacity plate and follow it!!!



   

quinner wrote: More times then not the riders behind those loaded boats can barely do any decent tricks anyways so what is the point, my feeling is use what you got as most decent riders can do a tantrum without a wake anyways.

+1

What if the orher guy doesnt know what he's doing? Man ive been on boats for 25 years, and the times i can count of being close to death was on boats, it wasnt necessarily me, it was a combination, sometimes alcohol, sometimes poor judgement and alot of the other times were inexperienced boaters causing the problem

8122pbrainard wrote:

I'm not criticizing you Pete but Good Luck with that Yeild /proceed thing, I'd bet there's only a select few on the water who know's anything about right of ways and how/ when to overtake. How many times do you blow your horn to overtake, yeah right, blow the horn and get flipped off. People won't get it until you have to get a license to operate a boat just like a car.

Best advice I can give is the same as when on the road, "defensive driving" don't assume the other guy is going to do the right thing just because it's in some manual somewhere. You can only control your actions not the other guys so be aware of your surroundings, water conditions, and other boaters at all times and don't expect the worse or you'll never have any fun but be prepared for it.

Alan, I should have emphasized watching out for the other guy more and the fact that it isn't going to get any better. I know people can't even follow rules on the road so they certainly won't on the water!!

In think in Missouri if you were born after 1988 you are required to have a license, although I have never heard of anyone actually being checked for it.

On the big lakes there are too many big boats, 30' plus, with a lot of horsepower, making a lot of noise, making huge rollers, with their noses a lot in the air, that have no idea of boating safety.   

I'm glad to have a small lake nearby where the Nautique can scoot along in relative safety.

Chuck

i dont think it is. that looks like either a malibu tantrum or a moomba boomerang.i think ether with that many people would look like that. i count 12 people.

that sqaure cushion always has to be with in reach of the boat operater, the reason i know this is from boaters safety coarses and the Coast Guard pulled me over and refreshed my memory he also let me know my flares were expired