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Saturday, August 26. 2023

How boating is like recreational flying

Navigation is the big deal for both, especially in inclement weather. But in boats, it's 2D instead of 3D. 


Docking is like landing. Taking off from a mooring can be tricky too, especially a slip.


And yes, boats float. Until they don't. 





Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 08:35 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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To learn how to fly a floatplane, you have to learn both boating and flying.
#1 snopercod on 2023-08-26 10:25 (Reply)
I spent 6 years in the USCG reserves, out of Base Southwest Harbor (Maine) as a small boat crewman, engineer, and boarding officer. One fall my crew was taken by van to Stonington to relieve the regular crew of the 44 footer, who had been out all night searching for the occupants of a 14' boat that sank in Blue Hill Bay. A strong onshore wind was pinning the boat to the pier, and we had to run a line thru the bow bullnose to a bollard on the pier and back to our bow, then use our starboard engine in half throttle astern and hard right rudder to pivot away from the pier. Once clear, we released the bitter end of the bow line and retrieved it as the coxswain backed away far enough to allow us to turn into the wind. Coming home across the Bass Harbor Bar, we were rolling so far that I could have leaned out on the port side abeam of the helm and sucked up seawater. An interesting ride...
#2 Bruce Abbott on 2023-08-26 10:59 (Reply)
And steering.

You crab your way across a lake in a slow keel-less boat. No wheels or rails, so you're always correcting back and forth.

Same as in a small plane. Crabbing right and left in the general direction you wish to go.

At least, those are my experiences.
#3 bobby b on 2023-08-26 15:30 (Reply)
Love the old WWII seaplanes and there aren't very many left, most as static display.
The U-Boats were tamed by the airplane as the submersible boats had to surface to recharge batteries and the planes would shut off engines and coast after sighting with radar miles out to do a surprise attack.
Boats are a construct of the white male patriarchy and I think we are going to need a bigger one to navigate the Fundamental Transformation.
#4 It's Showtime Folks on 2023-08-26 18:53 (Reply)
Reminds me of the boat handling I experienced in Seward Alaska on a big catamaran ~8 hour fiord cruise. Boat ~80 feet long and 30 or so wide powered up to 30 knots or so. At the end the slip was perhaps 10-15 wider than the boat and at rt angles to direction of travel and he powered down to ~5-8 mph and made a single turn right into the slip and dead halt before hitting the dock. Amazing precision.
Ah: pix of boat https://www.alaska.org/destination/seward/day-cruises
#5 sch on 2023-08-28 12:58 (Reply)

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