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speed considerations<br />

docking, 93<br />

high-speed driving safety<br />

tips, 253-254<br />

speed-limiters, 296<br />

winds, 213<br />

SPFs (Sun Protection Factor),<br />

102<br />

spinnakers, 320<br />

sport catamarans, 327-328<br />

spotlights, 281<br />

spring lines, 86<br />

spring tides, 229-230<br />

squall lines, 217<br />

square-ender canoes, 146<br />

SSB (single sideb<strong>and</strong>) radios,<br />

200<br />

stability, maintaining in<br />

canoes, 148<br />

stainless-steel props, 44-45<br />

stainless-steel side-cutter<br />

pliers (tool recommendations),<br />

276<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ing riggings, 320<br />

starboards, 172<br />

starting procedures<br />

batteries, 278<br />

motors, 73-75<br />

sailing, 333-335<br />

troubleshooting engine<br />

problems, 300-305<br />

boat runs but won’t<br />

move, 305<br />

engine turns over but<br />

won’t start, 301-302<br />

engine won’t turn over,<br />

301<br />

flooded engines,<br />

302-303<br />

running out of gas, 304<br />

tipping the kill switch,<br />

303<br />

steering systems, lubrications,<br />

297-298<br />

sterns, 7<br />

drives, 8<br />

lines, 86<br />

sticky stuff recommendations<br />

(tools <strong>and</strong> supplies), 275<br />

storage<br />

dry boxes, 289-290<br />

fire extinguishers, 241<br />

PFDs, 240<br />

storm warnings<br />

leaving boats, 250<br />

securing boats, 248-250<br />

strokes (paddling)<br />

J-strokes, 149<br />

recovery strokes, 153-154<br />

summer tides, 230<br />

sun protection<br />

feet, 103<br />

hats, 102-103<br />

SPFs, 102<br />

sunglasses, 104<br />

sunscreen, 101<br />

sunglasses, 104<br />

sunscreen, 101<br />

supplies. See tools <strong>and</strong><br />

supplies<br />

survival guidelines.<br />

See emergencies<br />

survival suits, 238-239<br />

Suzuki, 25<br />

swimming safety tips,<br />

250-251<br />

Swiss Army knives, 277<br />

symptoms of hypothermia,<br />

262<br />

T<br />

tables (tide tables), 224-226<br />

tabs (outboard motors), 23<br />

Index 381<br />

tacking (sailing), 313, 338<br />

tail lights<br />

maintenance, 59<br />

trailers, 53<br />

troubleshooting tips, 68<br />

wiring, 60<br />

tall pitches, 48<br />

teak treatments (cleaning<br />

techniques), 289<br />

telltales (sailing), 320<br />

thimbles (anchors), 119<br />

three-blade props, 38<br />

three-hull sailboats, 323<br />

throwable cushions, 238<br />

thunderheads, 216<br />

tides<br />

effects of moon on, 222<br />

effects on docking<br />

techniques, 95<br />

effects on water depths <strong>and</strong><br />

currents, 223<br />

heights, 226-227<br />

in the estuaries, 228<br />

natural tide indicators,<br />

229-230<br />

neap tides, 229<br />

ranges, 222-223<br />

seasonal variations, 230<br />

spring tides, 229<br />

tables, 224-226<br />

wind tides, 230<br />

tips<br />

boarding boats, 72-73<br />

cold-weather boating<br />

attire, 107-108<br />

coping with seasickness,<br />

104-106<br />

footwear recommendations,<br />

106-107<br />

paddling<br />

canoes, 149-150<br />

kayaks, 152-153

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