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re: Any tips for a first time boater?
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:02 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:02 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
If you're the one driving don't let your drinking be visible. You can only get a dwi if you are drunk and proven to have been the one driving.... If you see a bachelorette party just flash em your dingy, girls love that.
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Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:04 pm to NYCAuburn
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frick man, please stay away from my boat....
What marina? and where is the house. Ill give you some tips
I'll send you a PM
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:06 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Seriously, when you pull around to help swimmers back on the barge, always remember to put the boat in Neutral. This way, when the guys use the prop as a step at idle you'll have no worries. If they need a boost just bump it.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:06 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Actually wait I can't do that on this site 
I'll be picking up from near Port Royale and the house is north of that around Chestatee.
I'll be picking up from near Port Royale and the house is north of that around Chestatee.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:11 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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I'll be picking up from near Port Royale and the house is north of that around Chestatee.
You are going to be secluded up there around chestatee. Last boats you will really see are just after heading north under the bridge. Its a trip to the party spots from your area.
Sunset cove is where you all are going to want to hang. its the main party spot. pay to dock the boat or anchor out in the cove. To the East of three sisters islands is a beach where a lot of people anchor or beach, but no where near as crowded as Sunset.
This post was edited on 5/22/19 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:13 pm to NYCAuburn
Thanks for the tip baw.
Are the water cops strict on Lanier? Obviously won’t be drunk while driving but my friends will be out of control.
Are the water cops strict on Lanier? Obviously won’t be drunk while driving but my friends will be out of control.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:13 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I honestly can't think of a worse scenario for a first boat driving experience. I look forward to the World Star videos. Make sure you turn your ball cap around when the Popo stops you, it will fly off when you are sitting in front of the console on their boat headed back to the dock.
One little tip I didn't see mentioned that is useful is always drive into wakes and waves at an angle, don't let them broadside you. When you are running turn into them when stopped don't sit with the boat parallel to the traffic.
One little tip I didn't see mentioned that is useful is always drive into wakes and waves at an angle, don't let them broadside you. When you are running turn into them when stopped don't sit with the boat parallel to the traffic.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:15 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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Are the water cops strict on Lanier?
Holiday weekends. Just dont be chugging bottles of hard liquor or beer bongs. make sure you have all your shite together from afar and they wont touch you
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:16 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Dont wreck and die
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:19 pm to NYCAuburn
Lanier will have the cops out everywhere on the water. Don’t be dumb and don’t sit there chugging drinks while you are driving.
Lanier is going to be packed this weekend so it is other idiots out in the water
Lanier is going to be packed this weekend so it is other idiots out in the water
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:20 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
pay someone to be the DD of da boat.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:23 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Lifejackets ON.
What kind of a podunk company rents a boat to someone with no experience? They'll share liability with you for any drownings.
You can drown drunk in a whole lot of ways.
What kind of a podunk company rents a boat to someone with no experience? They'll share liability with you for any drownings.
You can drown drunk in a whole lot of ways.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:26 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Be real easy on the throttle at first until you get used to how it reacts. Some stick, some don’t.
Take bigger wakes at a 45° angle to avoid rocking the boat back and forth
When close to dock or wherever, kill the motor and use bow ropes to get you set up how you want
ALWAYS take a head count and look in the water before you crank up and go to make sure nobody is in danger or close to prop. Never leave it in gear under any circumstance when others are in the water.
Don’t litter. Cracking and sinking cans is littering.
I’d advise against glass on the boat but that’s your decision.
Take bigger wakes at a 45° angle to avoid rocking the boat back and forth
When close to dock or wherever, kill the motor and use bow ropes to get you set up how you want
ALWAYS take a head count and look in the water before you crank up and go to make sure nobody is in danger or close to prop. Never leave it in gear under any circumstance when others are in the water.
Don’t litter. Cracking and sinking cans is littering.
I’d advise against glass on the boat but that’s your decision.
This post was edited on 5/22/19 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:41 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I'm not trying to be a dick, but if no one on the boat has ever driven a boat, renting a 24' boat for a weekend is a terrible idea. Operating a boat safely is not something that can be learned in 1 day. There is some good advice in this thread, but handling a boat takes a good bit of practice.
Hopefully 1 of the other guys will know what he's doing.
Hopefully 1 of the other guys will know what he's doing.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:44 pm to PapaPogey
Disagree with kill the motor as you’re docking doe, gotta have positive control for winds/currents, unfortunately,ole baw is probably not going to get that in this lesson
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:44 pm to REB BEER
It’s a pontoon boat man. Thing will be maxed out at 20mph on a lake. Y’all are acting like this is a monumental task, and it’s not even close. Just be slow and have some general awareness of your surroundings and everyone will have a great time.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:45 pm to 777Tiger
I mean when you’re within a foot or two from the dock and someone can easily pull you without banging into everything.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:48 pm to PapaPogey
When’s the last time you were around pontoon boats, baw? newer ones are tri-hull with 250-350hp engines, probably not getting that from a rental though
ETA: agree about the pontoon being a good choice if you’re going to go about it the way the OP is, pretty docile
ETA: agree about the pontoon being a good choice if you’re going to go about it the way the OP is, pretty docile
This post was edited on 5/22/19 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:50 pm to 777Tiger
I’m around much bigger and heavier boats than that and they’re easy to pull, so I can’t imagine a pontoon is different.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 4:57 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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24ft party barge
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I've never driven a boat before
You’ll be the laughing stock at the boat ramp trying to load it on a trailer
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