| Comedy opening: docking of
"My Way" cabin cruiser (everything goes wrong) Opening comments by producer Marty Schorr
Chapter I: The Basics
A. The controls
- 1. Steering wheel
- 2. Throttles
- 3. Shift Controls
B. Underwater demo of
steering wheel on rudders
C. Underwater demo of throttles on propellers
D. Underwater demo of shift controls on propellers
(mirror-image thrust rotation directions)
Chapter II: Basic
Maneuvers (onboard demonstrations)
A. Steering only with
shift controls
- 1. Steering with the wheel
- 2. Spinning the boat using
shift controls
B. Spinning the boat
using shift controls and steering wheel
C. Spinning the boat using shift controls, steering
wheel and throttle
Chapter III: Basic Docking
A. Safely leaving the
dock
B. Returning to the dock (end tie demonstration)
- 1. approaching the dock
- 2. pulling up slowly, only
using shift controls
- 3. tying the boat up to
the dock: the cleat hitch (coiling the line)
- 4. remaining in control
until boat is secure
C. Leaving the dock
when in between two boats (fore & aft)
D. Returning to dock and "parallel parking"
between boats
E. Pulling out of a boat slip
F. Returning boat to the slip
G. "Walking the boat" (making the boat go
sideways)
Chapter IV: Other Factors
A. Compensating for
effects of Wind
1. Pulling into slip
2. Pulling back out of slip
B. Compensating for
effects of current
Chapter V.: Don’t
panic!
A. What to do when one
engine quits on you
1. Docking to Port with
port engine out
2. Docking to Port with starboard engine out
3. Fending off, if things don’t work out
B. Closing Comments
and Summary
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Learn
to handle your twin screw powerboat like a pro and spend
less time making a fool out of yourself while docking.
During the course of this tape the viewer is taken
through all the basics of twin screw powerboat handling.
Through a step-by-step approach and utilizing a
"hands on" viewing system, the viewer is able
to get the feel of performing a variety of basic and
complicated maneuvers. This allows the viewer to gain not
only the knowledge, but also the experience of handling a
twin screw power boat of any size. When the knowledge
gained from this tape is combined with the knowledge of
our tape #301 on Coastal Piloting, the owner of any powerboat will have the
confidence to take the boat out of the slip and bring to
its location and back safely.
