Boating and Sailing.pdf - Moja ladja

Contents
Watch Where You Tow ..........................................................................63
Secure It All ............................................................................................63
Maneuvering Your Trailer ......................................................................63
Highway Trailering ................................................................................64
Keeping Your Cool ................................................................................64
Pushing Off ............................................................................................65
Let’s Do Launch ....................................................................................65
Up-Loading ............................................................................................66
Power Loading ....................................................................................67
Break-Frame Loading ..........................................................................67
Pulling Out ............................................................................................67
Trouble at the Ramp ..............................................................................67
A Tail-Light Cure ..................................................................................68
Part 2: The Basics of Operation 69
5 Getting Underway for the First Time 71
All Aboard! ..............................................................................................72
Keep Your Hands Handy ......................................................................73
Starting the Engines ..............................................................................73
Leaving the Dock ..................................................................................75
Keeping Trim Afloat ..............................................................................76
Time to Trim In ....................................................................................76
Those Are the Brakes ............................................................................77
Softening the Waves ..............................................................................77
Time to Trim Out ..................................................................................78
It Ain’t Flipper—Stop Your Boat from Porpoising ..............................78
The Art of Cornering ............................................................................79
Ventilation: Good in Motel Rooms, Bad in Props ................................79
Shallow Water Trim ..............................................................................80
Boating in a Bog ....................................................................................80
Refueling Your Boat ..............................................................................81
6 The Art and Science of Docking 85
Slip-Sliding Away: Maneuvering Out of a Slip ....................................86
The Easy Way Out ................................................................................86
Wind into the Dock ..............................................................................87
Spring Ahead, but Don’t Fall Back ........................................................89
You Can Go Home Again—Docking Tactics ......................................89
The Best Plan Is to Have a Plan ............................................................89
Practice, Practice, Practice ....................................................................90
Avoiding Slip-Ups ..................................................................................90
Parallel Parking ......................................................................................91
Current Events ......................................................................................92
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