up on skis for the first time. there are so many family memories
to be made on your boat. there's nothing better than spending
the day with your entire family out on the water, as work, school,
and all the obligations of life fade out of focus along with the
shoreline.
enjoying themselves and having fun pitching in. Whether you're
teaching your kids to help you read the fishfinder or teaching your
spouse to captain the boat so you can have a turn waterskiing,
there's a lot of fun and sense of accomplishment to be had with a
good day on the water.
to tie his own shoes can learn how to tie the cleat hitch and
the bowline. your kids may pick up the knowledge in the midst
of everyday fun, but if they need extra practice, send them to
www.animatedKnots.com or download the animated Knots app.
safety reasons, any teen or adult who regularly spends time on
board should have a basic understanding of boat physics --
stopping is different when you don't have brakes. "ninety-five
percent of women who take our classes want to learn to dock
their boats," says captain Greg riley, who teaches Women on
Water classes at marinemax lake ozark. "When i teach a four-
hour class, we spend three hours docking."