Powerboat Handling Illustrated: How To Make Your Boat Do Exactly What You Want It To Do

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Handle Your Boat with Skill and Confidence in Every Situation

Master boating educator Bob Sweet takes the mystery out of boat handling and shows you how to perform every maneuver smoothly and effectively. Understand the unique characteristics of planning and displacement hulls, single and dual engines, and outboard, inboard, jet, and stern drives, and make your boat fo what you want it to do.

You'll learn how to:

• Approach and leave a dock or slip no matter what the direction and strength of wind or current
• Maneuver at slow speeds in tight quarters and at high speeds on open water
• Learn the secrets of launching and retrieving from ramps
• Use trim tabs and engine tilt for comfort, economy, and speed
• Find out what it takes to anchor effectively
• Handle your boat safely in strong winds, high waves, challenging inlets, and sudden storms

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface: A Harbor Adventure
• Understanding Your Boat
• Flotation Basics
• Hull Shape 101
• Slow-Speed Maneuvering
• Cars versus Boats
• A Brief Look at Propellers
• Steering Types
• Departing and Docking
• Boat Handling Beyond the Harbor
• Underway on Calm Seas
• Understanding Waves
• Undeway in Waves
• Transiting Inlets, Bars, and Narrow Passages
• Special Situations
• Anchoring
• Grounding

About the Author

Bob Sweet is the national director of education for the US Power Squadrons, the nation's largest membership boating educator. With more than 30 years' boating experience, he has authored several top-selling nautical references as well as several US Power Squadrons course books.

Powerboat Handling Illustrated: How To Make Your Boat Do Exactly What You Want It To Do