Muirgen Afloat
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2021
- Messages
- 318
- Vessel Name
- Muirgen
- Vessel Make
- Beebe passagemaker 50
I have great hope in learning everything about handling the boat we just got. The first boat we had many years ago, I was so busy wrangling kids that I didn't get a lot of the hands on experience of the actually running.
I agree there is a little issue with learning from a spouse. Our first trip last weekend, we definitely learned the value of "marriage savers" (radios), I won't do any running now without them. I definitely looking up some boating classes to take as I need a big refresher on rules of the road and all the other boating stuff that I learned 19 years ago and forgot over not using. Would be super interesting to do some runs on others boats to learn without the emotional ties in it.
For now I am just going to figure it out as I go.. I did discover with the current, tides and just different handling of this boat's helm my steering is like a drunk sailor.. So hopefully that will improve soon.
I agree there is a little issue with learning from a spouse. Our first trip last weekend, we definitely learned the value of "marriage savers" (radios), I won't do any running now without them. I definitely looking up some boating classes to take as I need a big refresher on rules of the road and all the other boating stuff that I learned 19 years ago and forgot over not using. Would be super interesting to do some runs on others boats to learn without the emotional ties in it.
For now I am just going to figure it out as I go.. I did discover with the current, tides and just different handling of this boat's helm my steering is like a drunk sailor.. So hopefully that will improve soon.