[ODDJOB UNO]

CONGRATS on yer purchase. as a member of the USCG, you have to realize the ONLY way you'll and others will ENJOY your new found wife, is by USING IT..................ALOT!


and the best bang fer buck is SPENDING MUCHO TIME ON IT IN GOOD AND BAD WEATHER!


the quicker you and yer crew can work as a cohesive unit, the better it will be.


assign everyone and i mean EVERYONE A DUTY! go by intelligence and strength, to patience and OCD abilities. yer the capn and you get to figure out everyones strengths and faults.


no mans an island applies big time here. you aint gonna single hand a 40ft monster trust me as the sun comes up.


the most important damn thing YOU need to learn is weather(reading it) and ANCHORING! you must know yer depth, weight of anchors(plural if not 3), yer rode etc. to properly anchor in current,tides(low/high), wind, and obviously have enough anchor line. 300 ft is a good start.

now put the person with the most muscle on anchor duties. sure you may have a windlass, and it can take a poo on you and yer back to manual pulling in or letting out the anchor line. or it gets caught on rocks, or a wreck etc.


next you need to know like the back of yer hand how to HAUL AZZ back to port in the event of a storm. pull into dock properly and safely and get the SOB's mooring lines out and tied properly along with bumper placement along hull sides.


this is real damn important, because its damn tough to race a storm with a pig boat. and yer boats a PIG, just like mine was. it aint a go-fast that can quite possibly beat a storm. so by the time you get to dock, all HELL may be breaking loose and this is where despite yer sphincter being at LEVEL "10" this is where cooler heads prevail, and "slow and steady" is the buzzword when it comes to docking.


the 2 most dangerous aspects of boating are trailering and docking/fueling.


one nasty azz storm here i damn near took off the bow of this POS blow-bote, when he decided at that last second to turn into me as i was docking. the only thing that saved him was I WAS GOING SLOW!


always always stay away from BLOW-BOTES! they are usually crewed by morons w/a wanna be cap'n "jack sparrow" and they havent a clue of the rules of navigation. they will turn into you at the last second and a host of other bonehead moves. remember you are EXACTLY LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN! it will take you a hell of alot of room to SLOW DOWN once on plane, to avoid plowing into one. ask me how i know.


i give all jet skies/blowbotes/fisherman wide wide berth as to avoid their stoo-pidity! and believe as the sun comes up in the east everyday, your wake WILL BE A MAGNET FOR JET SKIES and they will come at you like a JAP LONG LANCE TORPEDO, wanting to jump yer wake! ask me how i know. it gets damn nerve racking! kind of like how B-17 pilots felt when a ME-262 or a ME-263 was coming in at them! more fun than i can stand!


remember to have a USCG-AUX courtesy(FREE) MARINE EXAMINATION DONE! this will pay ya back in spades and uncover crap you didnt have a clue about, that needs to be attended to.


and always always make damn sure yer BILGE PUMPS WORK and are not CLOGGED and you have MANUAL BAILERS for when ya loose all power.


the USCG dolphin helo crews really really like WELL PREPARED BOATERS!


enjoy!