Motor Boating Basics

Essential skills
How to:
Use the right knot
Lasso a cleat
Coil mooring lines
Tie up your boat
Use a lifejacket properly
License and use a vhf radio
Set your anchor
Anchor safely
Retrieve a man overboard
Pick up a mooring buoy
Pick up a mooring buoy solo
Use a lock

Boat maintenance
How to:
Antifoul a boat
Polish a boat
Change anodes on an outdrive
Clean teak
Replace fuel filters

Navigation
How to:
Set up your chartplotter
Create a route on a plotter
Follow a route on your plotter
Use pilotage
Set up a radar

Boat handling
How to:
Hold your boat steady
Turn in a tight space
Turn a single-engined boat in a tight space
Turn a twin-engined boat using only one engine
Berth a twin-engined boat using only one engine
Move a boat sideways
Ferry glide
Use prop walk to your advantage
Drive to windward
Drive downwind
Drive in a beam sea
Throttle and trim your engine
Make fast turns safely
Drive in rough water
Drive an IPS boat better

Berthing
How to:
Leave a dock
Berth in windy conditions
Leave a windy berth
Berth single-handed
Leave a berth solo
Back into a berth in a single-engined boat
Come alongside in a single-engined boat
Back into a berth
Dock a single shaftdrive boat
Use a bow thruster effectively
Leave a berth in a single-engined boat
Berth an IPS boat
Tie up a big boat
Raft up to another boat
Use pile moorings