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Depart from & Return to Dock and/or Slip

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skills of leaving and returning to a dock and/or slip. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: powerboats rigged with bow, stern and spring lines, and…

Depart from a Dock and/or Slip

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of leaving from a dock and/or slip. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: powerboats tied to a dock or slip rigged with bow,…

Docking & Securing

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skills of returning to a dock and/or slip and securing the boat. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: powerboats rigged with bow, stern and spring…

Follow the Leader

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of turning and making speed adjustments while staying in formation. Helps beginning operators bring the boat to a planing speed by having…

Formation

Purpose-Value: Controls moving a group of boats efficiently from one place to another by keeping them in a controlled formation. Practice and develop the boat handling skills of turning and…

Forward Slalom

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of controlling the boat when making a series of turns in forward gear. Apply the pivot point principle while turning through the…

High-Speed Stop in Emergency Mode

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skill of making a high-speed stop in the shortest possible distance without taking wake over the transom. A skill used if the boat has…

Tow Astern

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of towing a disabled boat or a sailboat. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: 1 towline and 1 towing bridle for each boat…

Williamson Turn

Purpose-Value: To practice and develop the boat handling skill of using a Williamson Turn (sequence of 90-degree and 270-degree turns) to return on the reciprocal of the original track. A…

Approach/Depart a Buoy/Mooring

Approach/Depart a Buoy/Mooring Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skill of approaching and departing from a buoy as if it were a mooring buoy. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: 4…